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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChauvin's attorney just lost the plot.
9:29....ignores the time that came before.
This is total bullshit. It is actually insulting.
TwilightZone
(25,473 posts)He can't focus on the 9:29 or his client loses. He has to work with what he has, and that's very little, and distract from the obvious.
duhneece
(4,116 posts)And over again.
TwilightZone
(25,473 posts)Presenting contradicting statements is a common strategy. Trump's entire presidency was based on it.
WHITT
(2,868 posts)he referred to the 9 minutes and 29 seconds as "a moment".
Siwsan
(26,289 posts)To my uneducated observations, he's been pretty much floundering, from the get go.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Its hard to be a defense attorney, much harder than people think.
TwilightZone
(25,473 posts)It helps to look at the legal team's actions in context. They have to work with what they have, which isn't much.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)objectively. Reminds me of the people who were clowning Jose Baez and he skillfully took apart the case against Casey Anthony, to be honest.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,403 posts)madaboutharry
(40,218 posts)I think everyone here knows what his job is. That doesn't mean that we aren't offended by a lot of what he is saying.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,403 posts)negative at that -- Chauvin didn't kill George Floyd, that he's not racist, that he's not a terrible person. His job is not to defend Chauvin's actions, although he certainly can do so. It's establish doubt about whether these actions were unauthorized by law. If one juror decides this is reasonable use of force for a police officer, that's all it takes.
Siwsan
(26,289 posts)Big difference.
I anticipate a thorough dismantling by the prosecution.
magicksmom
(47 posts)That his continuous replay of George Floyd suffering while trying to paint what the officers are doing to him as reasonable is helping the prosecution.
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)living up to it.
brewens
(13,618 posts)Chauvin bro. Chauvin is exactly the kind of guy that would be infuriated by that alone. They are supposed to bow down and address him as officer! That could have had a lot to do with why Chauvin wouldn't let up on Floyd. Probably best that the prosecution didn't get into that. I suppose that would have been objected to as speculation.
live love laugh
(13,124 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)I think he said the word "reasonable" about 50 times in five minutes and I had enough.
sop
(10,233 posts)sat him down on the sidewalk, away from moving traffic, allowed him to calm him down while they waited for the arrival of the paramedics who had already been called because he was injured. That's what the arresting officers did earlier; they took Floyd from his vehicle, handcuffed him, sat Floyd down against the building and de-escalated the situation.
An "unreasonable officer" roughly pulled Floyd from the police vehicle, forced him from a kneeling position to the pavement, face down, twisted his arms to cause pain, kneeled on his neck and back for 9:29, then kept his knee on Floyd's neck and back for three minutes, even after he lost consciousness, exhibited no pulse and stopped breathing.
oasis
(49,401 posts)WHITT
(2,868 posts)He flat-out lied when claiming that because the prosecution presented evidence that Floyd's blood had a 98% oxygen level, there was no carbon dioxide level, that also meant that he could not have died from lack of oxygen.
Having a 98% oxygen level in your blood is MEANINGLESS if someone is restricting that blood flow to your brain.
What an idiot.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,403 posts)What he said was, he COULD argue that because Floyd's blood had a 98% oxygen level, there was no carbon dioxide level, that also meant that he could not have died from lack of oxygen BUT he wouldn't because it wouldn't be true. What he was saying was, "I could twist all this scientific stuff to fool you, but I won't, I'll speak plainly to you and you can trust me."
(I'm assuming you're referring to when he made this comment near the beginning of the closing statement. I've missed a few parts here and there, so maybe he brought it up again and actually said it.)
WHITT
(2,868 posts)wonder if somebody else on the legal team somehow got a message to him that he effed up?
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)Just tired of the bullshit from Nelson. What happens, happens.
duhneece
(4,116 posts)Because Chauvins heart was too small
Boom!