Thread: Derek Chauvin Murder Trial

^ and i thought cricket took ages to get a desciion using DRS, how long is this farce going on for before he gets locked up, buggered and finally topped?

Goddam cnn has cut away from the trial to cover some biden gun control announcement. Bastards.

Pretty poor defence cross examination of Dr Tobin. He has just disproved the possibility of fentanyl causing Floyd's death, they shouldn't have brought it up.

Looks bad for the cops that follow in August as well.

Originally Posted by Troy

Pretty poor defence cross examination of Dr Tobin. He has just disproved the possibility of fentanyl causing Floyd's death, they shouldn't have brought it up.

Looks bad for the cops that follow in August as well.

Just caught up on it (the 12 hour difference makes following live difficult - at least if I intend to work the next day!).

Riveting stuff. Problem is, Torbin is a real expert, like real, real, and the chance of Nelson (the defense lawyer) tripping him up was always going to be vanishingly small. Don't get me wrong, I have been impressed at how smart Nelson clearly is, but he was just simply outgunned here, and frankly is working with a crappy hand.

Personally, I think Torbin will have as much effect on the verdict as the original video did. Powerful and impactful testimony, and just the way Torbin came across- wow.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

and frankly is working with a crappy hand.

To be honest, I think this is the most pertinant point, even a magician can't polish a turd.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Calm down your hood will fall off.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Was talking about you not to you, Racist McRacistface.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

And like I say I doubt anyone thinks it's baseless.

Yup.

Another expert today, forensic pathologist Dr Lindsey Thomas, provides clear evidence of death caused by lack of oxygen. Manner of death is homicide due to police officers preventing Floyd from breathing.

Defence will have medical experts but how are they going to argue against the last two expert witness testimonies.

I don't think they can. Instead they will have to convince the jury that Floyd was still resisting and required restraint even after he'd grown wings and flown to heaven...

Chauvin pleads the 5th.

Fuck. These guys are smart. Highly impressed.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Chauvin pleads the 5th.

Well that sounds like an innocent man who wasn't prepare to plead until an AG stepped in to make it a political issue for a racist president.

Looks like torbin might be back....

Torbin is a fucking terminator,,,,,

Ok. I am a fanboi....

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Chauvin

This dude be guiltier than Dill and an empty tin of Danish Butter Cookies.


Anyone know the approximate date the verdict will come through?

Originally Posted by Edmond

Anyone know the approximate date the verdict will come through?

The closing statements for prosecution and defence will be on Monday.

The jury can take as long as they wish to come to a decision.

Prosecution has a strong case and spent a couple of weeks...defence was pretty weak and finished in a couple of days.

Cheers. Thanks for the info.

I can't find the report but the expert witness the defence called tried to claim that carbon monoxide poisoning was a contributory factor.

He based it on water dripping from the exhaust near Floyd's head.

He got ripped a new arse by the prosecution for that one, mainly because there would have been evidence if it had, plus the engine was turned off.

All the defense experts got creamed in the cross in my opinion.

If Whiteboy gets cleared the country is going to implode.

Prosecution almost caused a mistrial at the last minute.

Im still predicting a mistrial or lower manslaughter.

Originally Posted by Edmond

If Whiteboy gets cleared the country is going to implode.

It was already imploding throughout 2020.

If the media and politicians would just try to report things in a factual way it would help a lot, but they just pour gas on the fire at every available opportunity.

Third one.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Third one.

If it did not have the "depraved mind" (just without regard for human life), sure. Not sure how they would define a "depraved mind".

Could be the first one.

Still, will be interesting to both see how the jury is directed and what they come up with.