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Chauvin's lawyer seeks new trial, hearing to impeach verdict

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Chauvin should count himself lucky that he's not facing a capital crime. If it weren't for the argument that he was acting in an official capacity he'd be accused of a willful murder charge and facing the possibility of a death sentence. This despicable individual is responsible for untold misery and unrest all in the name of trying to turn a free democracy into something akin to a Soviet Russia or people's republic of China where people cowtow to the authorities.

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no interest in the juror bias/misconduct at all, it seems. Got the "approved" verdict so nothing to see here.

Imagine being this upset that the police can't murder black people. Sad.

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Blacklabel: now I see why the jurors were scared of BLM showing up to their house if they acquitted

This requires us to believe in your ability to read minds. It's just not a compelling argument.

I'll stick with the opinion that the jury heard the evidence, especially from the police themselves, that Chauvin did not follow procedure.

The appeal will be heard so Chauvin will have the chance to provide evidence of injustice. That should be sufficient to satisfy your concerns.

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I’m just saying, we just don’t know, but what we can say with a high degree of certainty this thing is going to now take a very different look

But you just don’t know.

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I am interested to see what the judge has to say about the legality of all this.

Why? You’ve already decided the judge was running a rigged event. What will change your mind?

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Wolfpack: What a mess! How do these things happen? 

The police department made a very strong case against Chauvin and he was convicted by a jury.

Not rocket science.

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its like our friends on the left are now ok that someone doesnt have the right anymore to get a fair trial with an unbiased jury.

lol Where is the proof the other 12 jurors were biased? There is none.

its like they dont remember how many innocent people ended up on death row due to jury bias and misconduct.

You'd have a point if the US had a history of discriminating against police or white people, but the exact opposite is true. Usually it is white people and cops doing the discrimination.

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Chauvin is toast, and rightfully so.

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There will be no mistrial or acquittal. That’s just misguided wishful thinking on the part of those who still believe Chauvin is innocent when he clearly isn’t.

The lawyer has to appeal and try to overturn the verdict, that’s his job. And they’ll go through the motions with it, as they should. But it won’t change the outcome.

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isnt this....odd?

The video is as clear as day. Chauvin exercised criminal lack of care that caused the death of George Floyd and you want the verdict overturned on a technicality. Why? So he can go and murder more people?

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You not caring about obvious juror bias and misconduct doesnt mean it doesnt exist. It just means you dont care. But thats not how the justice system supposed to work.

lol "obvious bias" is your opinion. Does it raise questions? I guess, but again the video is already crystal clear. Were the other 12 jurors also biased in their decision?

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The juror lied and is for all intents and purposes an admitted cop-hater.

‘For all intents and purposes’? That’s evidence is it? And you are questioning legal procedures?

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But you just don’t know.

Well, we do that’s why we’re talking about this and Chauvin’s lawyer has a good case going forward, now he can claim his client didn’t get a fair trial and a juror was affiliated with the BLM movement and Sharpton and Waters and Gump didn’t help so as a defense lawyer, this is a good day.

Make your mind up. You keep saying ‘we’ don’t t know and then ‘we’ do. Which is it?

It’s a good day if you can imagine someone found guilty of murder goes free? I see...

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SuperLibToday  10:33 am JST

Chauvin is toast, and rightfully so.

He had a bad rap sheet before last year and he's up for tax evasion charges too. He ought to shut up and take his lumps.

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you dont have to "buy" it. our justice system as designed does not allow bias or misconduct in our jury trial system.

And prior to January 6th folks here were claiming Republicans would overthrow the elections results. They didn't know what they were talking about then and they still don't.

Just a guy wearing a t-shirt? thats a very convenient, disingenuous and quite inaccurate description of who this person really is.

You don't know anything about this person other than the media reports. You have no clue who this person is. And it takes nothing away from the fact that 12 other jurors found him guilty. It take nothing away from the fact that he was caught on camera, his own department testifying against him.

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> no interest in the juror bias/misconduct at all, it seems. Got the "approved" verdict so nothing to see here.

Plenty of interest in it. It’s all over the news, kind of hard to avoid it. I’m not sure what you’re getting at by pointing towards another conspiracy/cover up/media blackout. “A day in court” again, sure.

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fair trial? nah, dont need that. get that result so that the neighborhood doesnt get burned down again.

lolol Were all the other jurors also biased? How can you or anyone else possibly think Chauvin didn't kill George Floyd? You want a killer cop released not because he is innocent, but because of technicality.

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One problem with the argument for a retrial, Chauvin murdered a man on camera while in uniform and the jury was unanimous. And they didn’t take long to reach a verdict.

That’s the rub with representing a racist murderer: He’s a racist murderer. And this one did it on camera.

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We do know that Chauvin didn’t get a fair trial.

No, you don’t know that.

I know you said today was ‘a good day’. Explain why.

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thats not how this works. only need ONE. there is one now.

Well that's your opinion, but you're not a lawyer.

So its ok to discriminate against any white people from now on until forever just because other unrelated and irrelevant white people "usually" do.....blah blah?

lolz Any proof Chauvin is being discriminated against? Or is the fact he's being held accountable proof of he's being discriminated against? Sad.

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Chauvin wasn't convicted of racism. He was convicted for not following procedure which resulted in the death of a detained person.

The jury, including people from different backgrounds, all agreed. There was no one single person who made the decision.

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Blacklabel: its like our friends on the left are now ok that someone doesnt have the right anymore to get a fair trial with an unbiased jury.

We just don't buy your argument is all. It requires us to believe that multiple layers of the police department lied and were out to get Chauvin, that a guy wearing a t-shirt can't be trusted, and the other members of the jury thought he was innocent as evidenced your mind reading abilities.

It's just not very compelling.

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I don’t know a single person who thinks the guy is innocent

But you’re celebrating ‘a good day’ by hoping he gets a mistrial.

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We don’t want to go into Floyd’s troubled past and it was a lengthy one.

You have already made numerous posts doing exactly that. Why stop now?

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Make your mind up. You keep saying ‘we’ don’t t know and then ‘we’ do. Which is it?

We do know he killed Floyd

We do know that a juror was affiliated with the BLM movement. Still a mystery how that could have happened.

We do know that Chauvin didn’t get a fair trial.

It’s a good day if you can imagine someone found guilty of murder goes free? I see.

Again, no one is saying that, but is scary how liberals have this Stalinist thinking that you’re guilty and the perpetrator doesn’t have the right to a fair trial.

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Yeah, if this case is not thrown out or retried, there is no justice.

There is no way to be able to explain the prejudiced actions of this juror.

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lol Where is the proof the other 12 jurors were biased? There is none.

thats not how this works. only need ONE. there is one now.

Usually it is white people and cops doing the discrimination.

So its ok to discriminate against any white people from now on until forever just because other unrelated and irrelevant white people "usually" do.....blah blah?

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You have already made numerous posts doing exactly that. Why stop now?

Exactly, that’s been covered and I wish the media wouldn’t leave that fact out always

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no, it is discriminatory that a member of his supposedly fair and impartial jury is a BLM and anti-police activist.

its quite simple to see, if you care to look. dont confuse you dont care with this not being wrong. its wrong.

Or is the fact he's being held accountable proof of he's being discriminated against?

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no interest in the juror bias/misconduct at all, it seems. Got the "approved" verdict so nothing to see here.

Typical.

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so its fine now for a juror to lie on a questionnaire and be biased as long as you get the desired result?

Anyone want to mention how they feel about the juror attending the protest decked out in BLM gear?

Then agreeing its him in the picture but doesnt recall owning or wearing the shirt or hat he is pictured in?

isnt this....odd?

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now I see why the jurors were scared of BLM showing up to their house if they acquitted.

There was a BLM activist ON.THE.JURY. who knows their names and what they all look like.

Im sorry if you cant see how all of this is a problem.

fair trial? nah, dont need that. get that result so that the neighborhood doesnt get burned down again.

I am interested to see what the judge has to say about the legality of all this.

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The jury, including people from different backgrounds, all agreed. There was no one single person who made the decision.

Except for a BLM sympathizer and supporter.

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He had a bad rap sheet before last year and he's up for tax evasion charges too. He ought to shut up and take his lumps.

We don’t want to go into Floyd’s troubled past and it was a lengthy one. There was zero justification for his murder. The point is, both men were flawed as we all are. Chauvin is no hero for sure and neither was Floyd and the media leaves that critical point out.

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you dont have to "buy" it. our justice system as designed does not allow bias or misconduct in our jury trial system.

so its always a good day when bias and misconduct is uncovered and identified in our justice system so that it can be corrected.

Just a guy wearing a t-shirt? thats a very convenient, disingenuous and quite inaccurate description of who this person really is.

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A juror who was pictured wearing a BLM tshirt and cap at this anti-police event.

A shirt and cap which he "doesnt recall" wearing or even owning.

That juror, Brandon Mitchell, has defended his actions, saying the event was to commemorate the 1963 March on Washington and was not a protest over Floyd's death. Floyd’s brother and sister, Philonise and Bridgett Floyd, and relatives of others who had been shot by police addressed the crowd at the march last summer.

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The left did it to themselves again. The jurors not being sequestered, Sharpton, Gump, Waters and this Juror didn’t help the case, looks like we are in for a possible retrial.

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The normal procedure when a defendant is found guilty of a serious offense. Going nowhere except for 20+ years in jail.

Not necessarily, it depends and given the circumstances of now having a tainted jury pool, not only could see a retrial, but looking at how he was treated the guy could be acquitted, that’s a serious possibility.

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There will be no mistrial or acquittal.

As of now, you don’t know that.

That’s just misguided wishful thinking on the part of those who still believe Chauvin is innocent when he clearly isn’t.

I don’t know a single person who thinks the guy is innocent, I’m sure there are a few that do

The lawyer has to appeal and try to overturn the verdict, that’s his job. And they’ll go through the motions with it,

So we shall see, if the case retries, we don’t know. I thought OJ was guilty and the jury found out he wasn’t. I’m just saying, we just don’t know, but what we can say with a high degree of certainty this thing is going to now take a very different look

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What a mess! How do these things happen? The juror lied and is for all intents and purposes an admitted cop-hater. A biased juror requires there to be a retrial. So we have to go through this all over again! Not only are big cities poorly run but so are their the justice systems. .

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the judge didnt know he had a BLM activist on the jury. Now he does. whats he gonna do about it, to make sure the defendant had a fair trial by an unbiased jury? or a defendant doesnt deserve that anymore?

Why? You’ve already decided the judge was running a rigged event.

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its like our friends on the left are now ok that someone doesnt have the right anymore to get a fair trial with an unbiased jury.

its like they dont remember how many innocent people ended up on death row due to jury bias and misconduct.

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But you just don’t know.

Well, we do that’s why we’re talking about this and Chauvin’s lawyer has a good case going forward, now he can claim his client didn’t get a fair trial and a juror was affiliated with the BLM movement and Sharpton and Waters and Gump didn’t help so as a defense lawyer, this is a good day.

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