Jerry Blackwell dunks on Chauvin. The last line of his rebuttal was simply awesome:
"Mr. Floyd did not die because his heart was too big. Mr. Floyd died because Mr. Chauvin's heart was too small".
Quite an ending by the prosecutor saying: You were told George Floyd died because his heart was too big. But, he died because Derek Chauvin’s heart was too small.
Yesterday a white man in Minnesota assaults a retail worker, rams into a police car, hits a cop in the head with a HAMMER, then drives off with the cop STILL ATTACHED to his vehicle. Was he shot? NO. Was he tased? NO. What a stark contrast to #DaunteWright...
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Remember their names:
Daunte Wright
George Floyd
Sandra Bland
Samuel DuBose
Michael Brown
Walter Scott
Eric Garner
Richard Tyson
Dijon Kizzee
Noel Aguilar
Christian Cobian
Laquan McDonald
Freddie Gray
Jamar Clark
Alton Sterling
Philando Castile
Stephon Clark
When Philando Castile was murdered by police at a traffic stop in 2016, Minnesota invested $12 million in police training.
Where was that training when they killed Daunte Wright just 10 miles from where Derek Chauvin sits on trial for murdering George Floyd?
Daunte Wright's aunt reveals George Floyd's girlfriend was Wright's former teacher:
"The craziest thing is to find out today that my family has connections to this man. His girlfriend was a teacher for my nephew ... My nephew was 20 years old. He was loved. He was ours."
Carbon monoxide causing his death??? So how did George Floyd get exposed to those toxic fumes? Who held him on the ground for 9:29? Still Derek Chauvin’s fault. He still caused the death. That said, this reasoning is straight up bull💩! #ChauvinTrial
Chief in #BrooklynCenter saying he believes it was an accidental discharge of a firearm. That officer meant to taser #DaunteWright.
If police were not tasked with low-level traffic enforcement, #DaunteWright would be alive today.
In the wake of another police killing of an unarmed Black man in the Minneapolis area, just a reminder that the @SahanJournal is an excellent local newspaper you might not have heard of. They have reporters covering this and the Chauvin trial. Put them on your feed.