Larry Donnelly: The jurors in the Chauvin trial carry the weight of America's past and present

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The Boston attorney takes a look at the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.

Larry Donnelly Law lecturer, NUI Galway IN MAY OF last year, the United States, and indeed the rest of the world, saw footage of a white police officer with his knee on the neck of a black man in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota for several minutes.

The Rev. Al Sharpton led members and supporters of the Floyd family in prayer outside the Hennepin County Courthouse on Tuesday. Source: Star Tribune In this image from video, prosecutor Jerry Blackwell questions Dr. Martin Tobin as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Thursday. Source: AP/PA Images

RODNEY FLOYD leads family members including PHILONISE and KEETA FLOYD to the Hennepin County Government Center Wednesday. Source: Mark Vancleave He went on to posit that it was “in no way, shape or form…part of our training, and is certainly not part of our ethics and our values.” And an expert witness for the prosecution has proffered that Chauvin’s use of force “was not objectively reasonable.”

 

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Thats an insane thing to say let alone write down. The Judge and Jurors need to be impartial

What stoopidity.. They carry the weight of this trial That’s it

THERE ARE MANY VLBLACK PEOPLE WITH SENSE WHO SUPPORT AN INNOCENT RESULT

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