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The Derek Chauvin Trial Was a Travesty, Prosecutors Violated Rules That Protect Us All
Townhall.com ^ | April 22, 2021 | John Lott Jr

Posted on 04/22/2021 4:24:33 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

Sounds like Chauvin’s lawyers sucked.


21 posted on 04/22/2021 5:45:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Kozak
America. Endless Law. No Justice.

Sounds like Cornelius Publius Tacitus in the Annals of Rome:

"Olim passi sumus a scelerisque, nunc nos pati a legibus."

("Formerly we suffered from crime, now we suffer from laws".)

22 posted on 04/22/2021 6:06:20 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Delete FB, TWTR, GOOGL, AMZN, YHOO, Gmail/chrome. Use Gab, Brave + DDG, VPN, Freerepublic )
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To: Kaslin

Thoughts on immediate response tranquilizer darts for LEO?


23 posted on 04/22/2021 6:10:05 AM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: Sirius Lee

The Judge was a major player in it. He is supposed to be impartial.


24 posted on 04/22/2021 6:25:36 AM PDT by sport
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To: sport

Have they filed for an appeal yet?


25 posted on 04/22/2021 6:27:19 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DCBryan1
Tacitus also wrote,

Pessima re publica, plurimae leges.

(When the republic was at its worst, there were the most laws.)

Seems to resemble our current situation.

Quoting Tacitus from memory so not sure if the wording is 100% accurate.

26 posted on 04/22/2021 6:35:37 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: sport

Lance Ito wasn’t available so he did the best he could.


27 posted on 04/22/2021 6:36:38 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: AndyJackson

You are correct.


28 posted on 04/22/2021 6:37:08 AM PDT by sport
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To: dfwgator

Is it a given that Chauvin will get an appeal? I assume his lawyer will file for one, but can’t the appeals court just turn it down? (For reasons of public safety, of course...don’t want to provoke riots.)


29 posted on 04/22/2021 6:38:07 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: dfwgator

“Sounds like Chauvin’s lawyers sucked.”

You mean lawyer, as in one. The one lawyer who the prosecution, who had about 4 lawyers and basically an unlimited staff, kept dumping tons of evidence on in the middle of the trial. I think he did about as good as humanly possible under the circumstances.


30 posted on 04/22/2021 6:39:05 AM PDT by suthener
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To: Kozak

You got that right. Rittenhouse has had it. He may as start packing his bags. They will use the same tactics on him as they did on the cop.


31 posted on 04/22/2021 6:44:55 AM PDT by sport
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To: sodpoodle
Chauvin did not pull his gun - he attempted to control Floyd with handcuffs. Murder was not on his mind - he used physical constraint - period!

I think the cop had zero idea that Floyd would die. I think he was thinking that he would restrain this hoodlum until the medics arrived. If the medics arrived after 3-4 minutes this never would have happened. This was involuntary manslaughter and the cop most certainly deserves punishment.

32 posted on 04/22/2021 6:45:34 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: MNnice

There can be a million reasons for appeal, but it will not be overturned. The Supreme Court probably not even take [hear] it. This is political. The politicians see it as keeping the cities from burning. We, in the good ole U.S. of A. are officially under mob rule. Enjoy.


33 posted on 04/22/2021 6:50:04 AM PDT by sport
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To: Kozak

It is the Communists way.


34 posted on 04/22/2021 7:00:07 AM PDT by sport
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To: dfwgator

I haven’t heard. They may not have the money. It cost a lot of money to appeal a case. In Florida, only death penalty cases were automatically appealed.


35 posted on 04/22/2021 7:06:15 AM PDT by sport
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To: Kaslin

One thing I thought was interesting is that from what I’ve seen no more details came out about any interactions the two may have had when they worked at the same place.


36 posted on 04/22/2021 7:42:40 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: zeugma

Chauvin and Floyd both worked part-time at the same club. Chauvin should have not gotten involved in the attempted arrest of Floyd. That was really stupid. Think I also read that they did not like one another, making Chauvin’s involvement even more stupid.


37 posted on 04/22/2021 2:12:27 PM PDT by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: WASCWatch

Right. I’m kinda surprised that that little factoid was flushed down the memory hole for some reason. Granted, I didn’t read much at all about the ‘trial’ because the result was a forgone conclusion, but I would have thought some mention would have been made of it.


38 posted on 04/22/2021 2:20:18 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Candor7

I completely agree. Gutfeld is in the thick of it.


39 posted on 05/24/2021 10:19:40 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision. Winston Churchill )
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To: Candor7

I completely agree. Gutfeld is in the thick of it.


40 posted on 05/25/2021 9:25:34 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision. Winston Churchill )
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