- 06 Apr 2021 05:17
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@Verv ,
In a sense it does not matter to some if Chauvin is guilty or is innocent. It is important to them that Chauvin be found guilty lest the cities burn once more. For the greater good, of course.
Personally, I think he's guilty based on the evidence I've seen so far, which admittedly isn't much. But I think of some of the ''supporters'' of that unfortunate man Mr George Floyd, and I shudder. I'm sure he would too.
Verv wrote:OK, OK, Ok, I get it.
Now, what if I were to tell you that....
You are volating the law, because you are essentially saying that a man who is on trial is completely guilty, so much so that any kind of defense, no matter how informal and vague, cannot even be spoken by civilians outside of the courtroom because it undermines the rule of law.
I would, of course, be wrong, because the first principle we all have to remember is that it's legal to have a bad opinion no matter how much others hate it.
Was it a valid police hold for restraining someone?
Was there intention to kill George Floyd? Or was it the use of an MPD approved restraining technique to prevent him from further resisting arrest?
If it is a valid restraining technique, and it should not be one, it is not the fault of Chauvin, but of the administrator's of the MPD and the city of Minneapolis that ought to be making these decisions.
If it was the case that even Chauvin went too far in deciding to employ such a restraint, it still does not really amount to murder, for a man employing a valid restraining technique would have no reason to believe that his actions will result in the man's death. He is, after all, applying a valid restraining technique, one which can actually result in unconsciousness, but even in this case, it apparenty does not say anywhere in MPD material that it does result in death.
Of course, we would have to takl about what any of this means in terms of jurisprudence. Perhaps due to things like eggshell skull theory, there is a good argument to be made that he is culpable for murder, but it seems doubtful in the sense that he intended to kill Floyd.
@Verv ,
In a sense it does not matter to some if Chauvin is guilty or is innocent. It is important to them that Chauvin be found guilty lest the cities burn once more. For the greater good, of course.
Personally, I think he's guilty based on the evidence I've seen so far, which admittedly isn't much. But I think of some of the ''supporters'' of that unfortunate man Mr George Floyd, and I shudder. I'm sure he would too.