Posted on 04/19/2021 5:12:00 AM PDT by Stravinsky
Mark Osler watched with astonishment as a medical expert for the defense testified in Derek Chauvin's murder trial.
Osler, a law professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minnesota, said he wondered why, in a racially charged case, the defense would rely so heavily on a "white expert," who was raised in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and trained in South Africa during apartheid.
"He spent much of his life in places where white supremacy was literally a form of government," Osler said. "People with that background are not necessarily racists, but the symbolic link to historical racism was unmistakable."
Ultimately, he said, he decided they likely had no better options. The defense called just seven witnesses, including only two experts: a use-of-force expert and the medical expert, Dr. David Fowler.
"I really thought that the defense would have more arrows in their quiver — but I would imagine they had trouble finding credible fact and expert witnesses given the nature of the case," he said.
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"The defense was actually weaker than I thought," said David Schultz, a visiting law professor at the University of Minnesota. "I was expecting more witnesses, more medical testimony."
Schultz said he suspects other witnesses defense attorney Eric Nelson sought out were unwilling to testify because they were concerned they'd be perceived as being "on the wrong side of history."
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As powerful as the prosecution's case has been, Kavanagh said, a guilty verdict is far from a sure thing because of the racial makeup of the jury and the possibility for racism and implicit bias to come into play.
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They will riot no matter what. But I agree they are attempting to prepare the ground so that rioting can be presented as a “rational” response.
I saw lengthy pieces of the cross examination by defense, thought it was well done, laying the groundwork for the closing statement, which comes today. The defense lawyer’s low key and respectful approach should have a strong leveling effect on the emotionality of the prosecutor’s string of wailing and woeful but irrelevant witnesses.
From the news the defense team seemed to do great job. But NBC wants violence so...
My guess is there will be a hung Jury but no matter the verdict there seems to be more than enough for an appeal and a new trial.
“”I really thought that the defense would have more arrows in their quiver — but I would imagine they had trouble finding credible fact and expert witnesses given the nature of the case,” he said.”
The defense was not able to find expert witnesses because they were afraid to testify given the nature of the case. BLM threating expert witnesses.
The entire analysis is about him being white.
Isn’t it astonishing how Leftists all assume that people judge ‘experts’ by the color of their skin, and not their qualifications. I would bet that a huge percentage of the population, and thus juries, will judge the witnesses by their qualifications, and not by their skin color. Only the Leftist media, and Democrat leaders don’t.
If they don't convict, they very well may be.
if the defense performance was lackluster, why is there any debate as to the outcome. The lying media can’t even come up with a cogent lie. That is to say, they make no sense, even when they can fabricate anything they want.
Prosecution says he died of oxygen deprivation, while also showing his Ox saturation was 98%.
“”I really thought that the defense would have more arrows in their quiver”
It takes only one arrow to kill. The defense’s arrow is the pathology of the person’s death. When the pathology says that he died from drug overdose and heart issues, and not from asphyxiation, that arrow is all that is needed to prove the case. Everything else is theater.
The prosecution's pathology says the opposite.
The state has to prove their case and every juror must agree with their charge. The defense actually recalled prosecution witnesses to testify for the defense, so that can’t be good for the state.
Its a Trap—A cause for war on the forces of order—so people will not flinch when the “Federal Police” establish order and set up the Labor Camps. Then it will be too late—See what happened on January 6th? Chauvin will die! and so will any cop who defys the order of the Progs.
Did this guy even watch the trial? The defense attorney had the prosecutions experts disagreeing with each other on the stand.
Absolutely, the facts do not support a guilty verdict. Not even close. And I have sat on a jury. It will be a hung jury if any of the nurses has any sense of justice. Will take a lot of courage however.
Jurors,. Stupid speelchevk
Jurors,. Stupid speelchevk Note to self. Edit before posting!
of course they are. no clicks for commies. this article was written before the trial began. they just had to insert some names.
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