Chauvin’s lawyer requests new trial

The demand comes after a photo emerged of one of the jurors, Brandon Mitchell, wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt at a protest in Washington D.C. last August.unanimously found Chauvin guiltyThe former officer was filmed kneeling on the neck of Mr Floyd, an unarmed African-American man, for nine minutes and 29 seconds, a position he maintained despite Mr Floyd’s pleas that he couldn’t breathe.

In a fresh court filing today, defence lawyer Eric Nelson said Judge Peter Cahill “abused” his discretion when he refused to move the trial to a different venue. He also moved for a new trial on the grounds of juror misconduct.Mr Mitchell, 31, attended a demonstration in the American capital on August 28, commemorating the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, where Dr Martin Luther King Jr delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

The photo of him, which emerged this week, shows him alongside two of his cousins, wearing a T-shirt Dr King’s face and the words: “Get your knee off our necks.”During the jury selection phase of the Chauvin trial, prospective jurors were required to answer a 14-page survey gauging their opinions on several topics, including the Black Lives Matter movement.

“Other than what you have already described above, have you, or anyone else close to you, participated in protests about police use of force or police brutality?” asked another. Mr Mitchell answered “no” to both questions. During jury selection, he also told defence lawyer Eric Nelson that he had a “very favourable” opinion of Black Lives Matter, and that he knew some “great guys” who were police officers.The photo in question. That’s Mr Mitchell on the right.

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