Current Events > Do you honestly think the DA would have arrested Chauvin if not for the riots?

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They would have let him walk completely if these weren't going on

Probably but I doubt the charges would be favorable to justice. If it wasn't on Camera they'd be claiming Floyd attacked the cops Jet Li style and had to be subdued, and died from a self inflicted gun shot wound in the neck.

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Yeah I do honestly.

But no cell phone footage and no.

This is one of those where nobody was trying to take up for the cop.

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oh woops I was thinking of that other case. With the jogging victim

But yea still. They would have let him go free if not for the riots

doubt it. Even now I doubt a conviction will stuck on those cops then it'll be the race riots on an even worse scale than the Rodney King one.

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tremain07 posted...

doubt it. Even now I doubt a conviction will stuck on those cops then it'll be the race riots on an even worse scale than the Rodney King one.

They are already worse than Rodney King. In fact Thursday night it got worse, let alone last night.

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Yes. The video is crystal clear that that he used force which was not only unnecesary, but also extremely excessive in its duration. With or without the protests, it was only a matter of time before he was arrested and charge.

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DifferentialEquation posted...

Yes. The video is crystal clear that that he used force which was not only unnecessary, but also extremely excessive in its duration. With or without the protests, it was only a matter of time before he was arrested and charge.

Nah, the medical report would have said he died from a heart attack which would leave enough room for doubt that the neck step is what caused his death instead of his own health, they would say the victim being unhealthy is what lead to his death rather than the officer's tactics giving enough reasonable doubt to not hold the officer accountable to the law, no matter what the public would feel.

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tremain07 posted...

Nah, the medical report would have said he died from a heart attack which would leave enough room for doubt that the neck step is what caused his death instead of his own health, they would say the victim being unhealthy is what lead to his death rather than the officer's tactics giving enough reasonable doubt to not hold the officer accountable to the law, no matter what the public would feel.

the funny thing is they literally tried that. The public wasn't having it.

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Doubt it. Pantaleo walked for the same thing

Let's assume they wouldn't so we can be mad about that

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tremain07 posted...

Nah, the medical report would have said he died from a heart attack which would leave enough room for doubt that the neck step is what caused his death instead of his own health, they would say the victim being unhealthy is what lead to his death rather than the officer's tactics giving enough reasonable doubt to not hold the officer accountable to the law, no matter what the public would feel.

That would only be a valid defense in cases where the officer actually needed to use force in the first place (i.e. wrestling an unruly suspect that actually is fighting back or trying to escape). Floyd was on the ground in cuffs and was not fighting back, so there was no reason to use that kind of force at all. That's not a defense that would have saved Chauvin in this particular case.

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