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Eric Nelson claims that the court abused its discretion by failing to agree to requests for a change of venue and to sequester the jury.
“It felt like every day was a funeral,” Brandon Mitchell said of listening to testimony about George Floyd's murder.
Nazi sympathies arise in the trial of Brendan Hunt, who sometimes wrote extremist messages in code. "I don't want to kill the 'juice' just yet," he said in a video.
Let's be clear. The jury's decision to convict Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis cop who murdered George Floyd, is what accountability looks like, not justice.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Police kill around 1,000 people every year. A small fraction are arrested, and even fewer are actually convicted.
The jury took roughly 10 hours to reach a verdict in the former Minneapolis police officer's high-profile trial.
Chauvin's trial has become the latest bellwether on efforts to address police brutality and systemic racism in America.
The expert, Dr. David Fowler, also acknowledged that it did not appear anyone ever measured George Floyd’s blood for carbon monoxide.
Prosecution witness Dr. Jonathan Rich testified in Derek Chauvin's murder trial that Floyd died as a result of asphyxia caused by police restraint.
Dr. Martin Tobin testified that it was as if Floyd's left side was in "a vise," giving him "very little opportunity" to get any air on that side.