Floyd 6’7” and threatening a 5’11” cop.
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 could be misremembering this, but I believe Chauvin is only 5’9”...140-lbs. Floyd weighed almost 100-lbs more than Chauvin did.
I’m 220-lbs. The prosecution would have everyone believe that if my 110-lb daughter kneeled on my back for 10-minutes, she’d kill me. And apparently, the state found 12 people dumb enough to buy that argument.
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.