RDU VOL#14
I’m a Flawed Character
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I think everyone is fatigued right now and everyone should go home . This trial was unprecedented in the speediness in which charges were brought against Chauvin following Floyd’s death and the trial was pretty much a slam dunk . I’m already tired of hearing people like AOC saying this isn’t justice... yeah it actually is. And at an unprecedented level at that.Yah idk, justice has been served, everybody should be happy right now
I’m with you. I thought so as well at first but the more I saw and heard I believe manslaughter was the appropriate charge rather than 3rd degree. That’s a pretty thin line though. To be fair, I didn’t see or hear all of the trial but what I heard was enough to make me reasonably doubt what exactly happened. This reminds me of trying to overturn a call in a football game. Had the standard been they had to prove Chauvin’s innocence I think that would’ve been difficult as well so whoever had the burden of proof should have been at a huge disadvantage in this case. It really does seem as if it was treated like Chauvin was automatically guilty and had to be proven innocent. Also, I didn’t hear all of the defense but it sounded like they got off on some weird tangents. That couldn’t have helped.It's been several months since I read Minnesota's third degree definition. I'll have to go back and reread, but at the time, I recall thinking it reasonable. I absolutely think Chauvin did wrong, I'm just not sure how they reached the charges they did based on legal definition.
Agreed.You can’t please people who will never be pleased.