Minnesota v. Chauvin

The trial of Derek Chauvin for George Floyd’s death has already shown from the first day of witness’ testimony corroborating the in-person witnessing of George Floyd’s murder that Chauvin’s intent was clear. Mr. Chauvin intended to kill Mr. Floyd. It’s always difficult to prove a suspect’s intention to murder. But Derek Chauvin’s subdual knee compression on Mr. Floyd’s neck was intended to close the breathing tube so that George Floyd would expire from traumatic asphyxia. George Floyd did not die from drugs like fentanyl that may have been in his system confirmed by witness testimony. It’s impossible for Derek Chauvin or any policeman who has used this subdual neck compression technique not to know they are cutting off the victim’s breathing apparatus to finalize asphyxiation. It’s impossible not to know one is causing another’s death when the subdual knee compression enabled by the full weight of Mr. Chauvin on Mr. Floyd’s neck is forcing the closing of the breathing canal. According to the autopsy report and visuals displayed through at least four different camera recordings of the murder, George Floyd died from traumatic asphyxia, even if those specific words aren’t used to describe the cause of death.

Mr. Chauvin used excessive force on Mr. Floyd for a suspicious $20 dollar bill that may or may not have been a counterfeit bill. The bill was not definitively determined to be a fake $20 dollar bill before the officers assumed that Mr. Floyd had committed the misdemeanor of using counterfeit money. Many if not all of these witnesses thought they were witnessing a murder. That is why one mixed martial arts observer had called the police on what Mr. Chauvin and the other four officers were doing to Mr. Floyd. The professional at the police headquarters watching the arrest in real time on camera thought that Chauvin’s intent had changed when he pulled Floyd in handcuffs out of the police car and put him down on the ground with his knee on his neck. Mr. Chauvin ignored Mr. Floyd’s appeal to Mr. Chauvin, letting him know he couldn’t breathe before he was placed on the ground because of a condition of claustrophobia. It is the sole reason why Mr. Floyd was anxious when he was placed in the cramped quarters of the police car — cramped for a big man. Mr. Chauvin ignored Mr. Floyd’s pleas for mercy from these claustrophobic conditions. The officer’s observation was that ‘he might be high.’ He obviously wasn’t high. He was hyperactively reacting to his own claustrophobia. Darnell Fraser, a 17 year old witness to this murder, felt personally threatened by Derek Chauvin when he threatened to spray mace on her as she was appealing for Chauvin to remove his knee from Floyd’s neck. Mr. Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for exactly 9 minutes and 29 seconds while hearing many pleas of mercy from all the witnesses to lift his knee off his neck so Mr. Floyd could breathe. How long did it take for George Floyd to die with Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck?…probably about 3–4 minutes. Dr. Tobin, an expert witness testified that Mr. Floyd died within 3 minutes and 20 seconds according to his expert understanding of Mr. Chauvin’s use of the hovel restraint combined with Mr. Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck that smash his face into the pavement. So Mr. Floyd was dead for at least 5–6 minutes before Mr. Chauvin removed his knee from George Floyd’s neck. This fact proves Derek Chauvin’s intent was to kill George Floyd. In addition to this information and discovery, Derek Chauvin offered no medical assistance to George Floyd, nor did the other arresting officers and he also actively prevented the first EMT medic from giving assistance to Mr. Floyd who was already near death, if not having already died when the EMT arrived on the scene.

The defense wants to place doubt in one jury person. The prosecution hadn’t yet proven intent on day one of the trial. Mr. Chauvin proved to all the witnesses and obviously to Mr. Floyd himself, that he intended to kill George Floyd. Mr. Floyd’s last words were “I can’t breathe.” His words had no impact on Mr. Chauvin who nonchalantly kept his hands in his pockets as if he was doing nothing wrong. His lack of remorse in observing Mr. Floyd’s death as it was happening is the same lack of remorse we saw from Mr. Chauvin in the courtroom. Meanwhile, white foam was spewing out of the mouth of George Floyd just before his breath expired. Just before he died Mr. Floyd vocalized the observation that his body was shutting down due to the stress it was experiencing from the whole situation. All the witnesses knew that Mr. Chauvin was killing Mr. Floyd and intended to kill him and did so as he intended.

This should be an unanimous conviction by the jury of Derek Chauvin for George Floyd’s murder. There is even a suggestion from corroborating testimony that the murder was premeditated. Unnecessarily pulling Floyd from the police car after he’s been arrested and put in handcuffs speaks to Derek Chauvin’s intent to murder. The technique of placing the knee on the neck of Floyd is an assassination technique if the other officers are holding his legs so he can’t move or with the victim’s hands in handcuffs behind his back with his legs hog-tied together — a restraining technique called a hovel. These observations are obviously true and beyond dispute.

In many respects, the trial has revealed without equivocation that Mr. Chauvin murdered George Floyd. Mr. Chauvin did not follow proper police protocols as his own Chief of Police testified. The hovel restraint was not necessary for Floyd’s arrest and at the very least Mr. Floyd should have been turned on his side with Mr. Chauvin’s knee off Floyd’s neck. If Mr. Chauvin had followed proper police protocols, George Floyd would be alive today.

My summation to this trial has been published while the jury has been sequestered for 12 hours to make their decision about each of the charges leveled against Derek Chauvin. If justice fails in this trial it will be the failure of the whole US Justice system. It won’t be the failure of this particular jury, this trial or the particular judge that ruled over the case. But it will be very hard for the US Justice system as a whole to get its credibility back. The pervasive racism in this society resulting in murdering black and brown men by police around the country has failed all of America’s best and brightest ideals. The judicial system itself may be the downfall of the democratic system in this country along with the Republican Party that is trying their best to disenfranchise the vote of black and brown people.

The average white person in this country is too afraid to speak their mind or form an opinion about their tax dollars being used to murder its own citizens. The racist organizations that killed U.S. Capitol Police during the January 6th insurrection see their own violence against American citizens as a right that should be accepted with impunity. Fortunately, our FBI have arrested 400 insurrectionists to dispense justice against those who have essentially committed treason against the United States (even though that is not their charge.) They are all lucky insurrectionists not to be charged with treason because their Former Guy on his way out of Office told them to go march and invade the Capitol with the intent to prevent Congress from performing its Constitutional duty to confirm the electoral vote of the 2020 Presidential election. On January 6, 2021 treasonous insurrectionists tried to overturn the lawful duties of the American government. But the insurrectionists have convinced themselves and millions of Americans that they are Christians and fair-minded people who have (falsely) administered vigilante justice (including the death of police officers) in a treasonous attempt to overturn a fair and square U.S. Presidential election.

In the murder of George Floyd and the trial of Derek Chauvin, the defense as well believes that Mr. Chauvin has applied fair vigilante justice against George Floyd by murdering him on the streets of Minneapolis and adhering to the idea that it was something else that made George Floyd die — not the violence done to him by Derek Chauvin.