rhino wrote on May 11^th, 2021 at 10:15pm:


Single and mingling. I seem to be doing pretty well with the ladies for a fat guy. Whereas I think I am legally obliged not to speculate about your love life.

Witness for the prosecution, certified EMT trained fire fighter, Genevieve Hansen was the last person on the stand for day 2. She volunteered answers to things that were not asked. She contradicted sworn statements she made as witness 3 days after George Floyd's death. Judge Cahill reprimanded Hansen for arguing with the court and the defence attorney. Hansen showed complete irreverence for Judge Cahill's instructions. Hansen even interrupted Judge Cahill's reprimand/instructions rather rudely.

I would estimate an appeal, if that were to happen, would greatly mitigate and overturn Chauvin's convictions. Chauvin is guilty. But I doubt that he was guilty of murder and perhaps manslaughter.

Both prosecutor and defense attorney were very professional in day 2 of the trial. It is a shame that most witnesses for the prosecution are not treating the trial with the respect that it deserves. The juvenile witnesses (those witnesses 18 years and younger) would have been the exception to the poor behaviour, as they treated the court with the respect due. Good work girls.

UnSubRocky wrote on May 11^th, 2021 at 9:06pm:




what in the world is WORSE than having the breath sucked out of you  in the middle of the road over 9 minutes????????......are you saying any strangulation is not that tough....btw George isnt whining.....



Re: THE TRIAL
Reply #453 - Today at 12:33amQuote He held the suspect down while Floyd died of a drug overdose, what was his crime. Certainly not homicid



so what was it then??? 9 minutes are you saying He could have knelt on Georges neck for 15 minutes and  it would still not be murder?...what time limit would you say is fair to give both sides a fair go ...??????? how long would you allow Chauvin to kneel on your neck?

Day 3 ended with some good witnesses for the prosecution. Christopher Martin, an employee at Cup Foods who allegedly received the counterfeit bill from Floyd. Martin said "it would appear that [Floyd] was high" but that he was able to talk and communicate. Martin was a bit relaxed about his deposition. He did rely on saying that the video footage and his sworn statement was accurate and what he said was on the transcripts.
Charles McMillian, a bystander who had a conversation with Floyd when Floyd was in the police car. He broke down on stage when he relived the footage of Floyd dying. The court had a ten minutes recess to allow McMillian to compose himself. McMillian did make a statement that he had met Chauvin about 5 days before the Floyd death. McMillian seemed to show some sort of anti-police sentiment in some of his statements.
Two witnesses I cannot recall much of what they were saying. Some links to help.

No argument from me about Babbitt's circumstances of her death.

cods wrote on May 23^rd, 2021 at 8:32am:

unsubRockys an expert on everything, despite having zero experience , knowledge or training he knows everything about suffocation.

Blacking out from being put in a headlock doesnt make you an expert. And if you blacked out it wasnt a headlock, it was a chokehold.

Day 4 of the trial was interesting.

Courteney Ross (Floyd's girlfriend) took the stand to testify her perception of the state of mind of George Floyd. The deposition started with Ross talking about how they met. Her religious affiliation connection that Ross had with Floyd. The fact that they had a child together. Then the questions did arise about Ross's drug use alongside Floyd. Ross was an opioid addict. Ross made admissions that she was a user. Interestingly, Ross did not hold back about her own drug use, or her knowledge about Floyd's drug use. I respected Ross's honesty.

Seth Bravinder and Derek Smith, paramedics who responded to Floyd's death. Smith believed that Floyd was already dead upon their arrival. Both paramedics detected no movement of Floyd and no heartbeat was detected after Floyd was loaded into the ambulance. One of the paramedics testified that Chauvin was still on top of Floyd when he arrived.

Captain Jeremy Norton of the Minneapolis Fire Department. Mr Norton was concerned about a possible police homicide. Norton reported this to his supervisor.

Day 4 held the strongest case against former officer Chauvin, with some considerably credible witnesses.