DESPITE The Evidence
Well, dear readers, the inevitable conviction was handed down in Minneapolis today, surprising absolutely no one.
And, sad to say, that murder verdict was handed down DESPITE, as attorneys like to say, “the preponderance of the evidence.”
The verdict was handed down DESPITE the white powder all over George Floyd’s lips as shown in body cam stills, and DESPITE everyone knowing full well that it wasn’t confectioners sugar.
It was handed down DESPITE the fact that Floyd did NOT have a fracture of either the hyoid bone or the thyroid cartilage both of which are sine qua non in cases of strangulation.
Note: This finding as well as several ones given below can be confirmed in the Medical Examiner’s Report which can be viewed through the following link:
It was handed down DESPITE the fact that Floyd did NOT have retinal hemorrhages which are, again, sine qua non of strangulation.
It was handed down DESPITE the fact that it’s difficult or impossible to strangulate someone with pressure applied to only one side of the neck.
It was handed down DESPITE the fact that toxicology proved that Floyd had nearly FOUR TIMES THE LETHAL LEVEL of the narcotic fentanyl in his blood stream at the time of death. The toxicology can be confirmed through the following link:
https://famous-trials.com/george-floyd/2648-george-floyd-the-toxicology-report
It was handed down DESPITE the fact that a major side effect of fentanyl, even at sub lethal levels, is chest wall rigidity, which makes it difficult to breathe.
It was handed down DESPITE the fact that Floyd began to complain that he couldn’t breathe while still in the back seat of the squad car, BEFORE he was on the ground and BEFORE Officer Chauvin applied any restraint at all to him.
It was handed down DESPITE the fact that, during a previous Floyd arrest almost exactly a year before, Floyd ingested large quantities of narcotic to dispose of evidence.
It was handed down DESPITE the fact that witnesses IN FLOYD’S car testified that the reason that Floyd didn’t just drive away after the fraudulent check incident is that he was passed out on the steering wheel.
The murder conviction was handed down DESPITE the fact that the evidence as presented above, as well as the video record of the incident, showed that the correct charge against Office Chauvin was involuntary manslaughter through reckless conduct, NOT murder.
So, DESPITE all of the above, why was Chauvin convicted of murder? Two reasons: 1) The videos LOOKED bad (which I will certainly concede, but remember, it is the duty of the criminal justice to separate appearances from from the truth). 2) The government of Minneapolis, especially, the criminal justice system of Minneapolis, was AFRAID of the consequences of acquittal, or even of conviction on lesser counts. The undercurrent of pending violence, I believe, weighed heavily upon every single official involved in the prosecution of Chauvin, including the so-called medical experts. Ladies and gentlemen, the medical examiner, Dr. Andrew Baker, KNEW that Floyd’s hyoid bone wasn’t broken. He KNEW that there were no retinal hemorrhages. He KNEW that Floyd had lethal levels of narcotic in his blood, yet he listed the cause of death as “homicide.” Likewise, the prosecution KNEW that Floyd had fentanyl on his lips in the body cam video. They KNEW he had passed out in the car. They KNEW that Floyd began complaining that he couldn’t breathe BEFORE he was restrained in any way by Officer Chauvin. Yet the prosecution, abetted by compliant medical “experts,” went ahead with murder charges DESPITE it all. And, like clockwork, the inevitable conviction followed.
Is that how “justice” is served in America today?… Apparently so.