Prosecution attorney Jerry Blackwell argued that former police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck and back. Blackwell also explained that other causes of death will be ruled out based on upcoming witness testimony and video evidence.
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Prosecutor: ‘You Can Believe Your Eyes’ That George Floyd Death Is Murder | NBC News
All BS. BLM is bull.
Awww look at the angry little racist.
If the cop is acquinted,it is time to give him and any other cop who tries to murder a black person in cold blood, something to worry about!
Please do not say that in writing or orally. They will record it on their computer which is jammed full of hearsay-not evidence.
Maybe they need to watch the full video from Daily mail on YouTube. It will change the course of the trial
Thank’s Chauvin and stupid police officer there..Because of you all Donald Trump loose in election..Thank’s you verry much…
Donald Trump lost because his supporters are absolute losers and clowns, especially you, little boy.
It’s literally on camera that he killed that man! He doesn’t even seem to be remorseful,he killed floyd but yet again here comes the white brotherhood trying to justify what murdering is, that judge is racist af too. Clearly it’s on camera floyd being killed,
You are right 100%, he clearly killed George and seemed to have a hatred inside him. He is so disgusting and hope they throw the book at him!
Looks like he died of an overdose while being held down.
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Trump is back again soon for the black community
I think I prefer to believe the toxicology report
👎👎 he’s a CRIMINAL! COP’S shouldn’t never been called !!
Chauvin took Donald Trump’s advice to Heart
Americans need to trust their justice system and hope what ever the out come is that justice was not swayed by fear of mob rules.
Jesus 🙏🏽
That’s not what the blood blood work showed in the autopsy
I’ve been around people unfortunate that have old and they just accept it they know they’re going to die so
Iog Choir in my own home I didn’t yell out I didn’t scream out cuz it wouldn’t help at all so I just accepted it somehow I came out of it
He was dying already.
If it was a woman this would have been very different. They treat women with way more care. In America’s society hurting men is funny and even killing sometimes. He unfortunately was not a woman in this situation.
They keep saying, the day Floyd died, he was murdered, I seen it, died was murdered different if it was cop working, would be murder or murdered, get a grip your Honour!
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This is a crime that shocked the world! This was a snuffing out of the lord gave him a wicked man took it because he was told that if you like him and you are a cop, you are literally God.
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I can’t believe the system we saw the video and just remember the world is watching you America justice for flyode
Thank you sir Swift on the case
It’s crazy too see the Murderer to have his day in court and Mr Floyd didn’t have an opportunity to be CHARGED
He had an opportunity to stay in the car…
I would like to know what those cops thought about afterwards when they stood and allowed the other officer to smother and choke the life out of him .. do they just think oh it’s part of my job ?
Yes. Which is why they stood there and allowed it. They are all guilty.
Notice they chose to give this case to a Blk Male prosecutor, this is not coincidence, pay attention to the nonsense being paraded right in our faces, now they are trying to tell us that what we see is not what’s really happening, what a croc of BS🖕
He is speaking about TOLERANCE 😁😁 tolerance has nothing to do with overdose. TOLERANCE is only important when you want get high, TOLERANCE says how much you need to get HIGH, but TOLERANCE cant protect you from overdose. So many cases when super TOLERANT horse dies after typical party. In this situation, George could die from running a sprint if police officers would ask him to do that., and other point is, if instead of person, who has lethal amount of drugs in his system, was a healthy human being, he would not be dead.
That was a Hate Crime people and we all know it. If this thing walks take Hate Crime’s of the books it is worthless.
Everyone’s spelling skills are just incredible.🤡
The funny thing is a lot of people probably use their phones and have auto-fill lol.
From 0:27 seconds, onward: Mr. Floyd was told to get into the car by the police. He wiggled, jiggled, niggled, squirmed, twerked, and ended up ramming against the other door. He looked like a strong, vigorous, breathing person. What happened? Was he resisting? Why?
“niggled”? Bruh….
@4G3NTOR4NG3 Maybe too soft of a word in this case, who knows, maybe he would have nagged them to death!
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/niggle
@4G3NTOR4NG3 he was claustrophobic and was having an anxiety attack
These officers are claiming they felt threatened by the crowd but they have 3 officers on top of a handcuffed man and 1 officer controlling an allegedly angry crowd of many hostile people..? Wtf
This was a BRUTAL clear cut murder
I REMEMBER WHEN JERRY USED TO WRESTLE
If he was on drugs at the time, I don’t see how that is any defense for how the treated him.. regardless. If anything cops should be more careful with how they treat someone on drugs. Please explain how that’s a defense. Did I miss something?
Chauvin was involved in a case where someone died in police custody the year before he murdered Floyd. This guy could be a legit serial killer cop
Systematic problem.
Murder can be convicted to anyone that was in reach of Mr. Floyd yet was not able to resurrect him. Religion.
After the video evidence which clearly shows Chauvin being on Mr. Floyd’s neck for 9:29 till he died, there should be no need for a trial to determine Chauvin’s guilt or innocence, only a trial to determine how much prison time Chauvin must serve.
Life without parole…..✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
This is disgusting the video shows him being murder. Convict this punk, put him in jail with the men he’s arrested.
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Great opening. Covers all the bases and prep the jury for the counter. Derek must be littering his pants.
My God !!! Just listening broke me. May GOD HAVE THE LAST SAY SO
These cops have been given so much power and money that makes them think that they can get away with anything. The whole world will be watching you from now on.
Course it’s murder
Why are they even bringing up his fentynl use too just clutching at straws lil pigs scared of a black man probably a bit of or racism In There I. Glad it caused riots as it should
Nine minutes plus have you ever held your breath? Chauvin knew what he was doing now he wants to just go on with life like oh well. His face his actions you can tell a tree by its fruit his tree HATE and he meant it.
What court reporter that you know that’s going to be on tv for a high profile case would wear red dress and leopard shoes? She was placed deliberately in this scene .. signs and colors of the elite and secret societies .. those that know .. know … STAGED AND AN AGENDA SCHEDULED SKIT… FOUL PLAY HERE GUARANTEED 🤔
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The autopsy report shows he did not have oxygen in his system when he died.
Oh, Good God!!!
Fry, Him, omfg
The evidence is there
Let’s not forget that Chauvin knew Floyd and didn’t like him.
George Floyd was a career criminal that died to bad life choices. Read the autopsy. He’s not someone to idolize.
9 minutes worth of knee pressure on Neck with hand cuffs on Mr Floyd
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People all I can say is pray if you believe your eyes, this is the start of what I don’t know, but I’m praying.
Throw the book a him…Mr.Cahill, any sane, discerning individual, would have known that what he administered to Mr: Floyd, was Hashly Cruel & Usual punishment. Anything less than the maximum, will undoubtedly result in chaos.
so Chauvin was trained in the restraint technique……………….so must have known all the medical signs of distress leading to death of Floyd…and still didnt release his restraint. Minimum total negligence….In USA does a judge jury need to prove intent ?
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Imagine this. PO Chauvin having ate something bad, went round the back of a store to defecate , somebody walks around and sees a Police officer defecating and starts filming him, the first thing he would do would be to tell them to stop filming, probably get up and shoo them away. He would do this out of embarrassment. Yet here we see him with his knee on a defenceless man with his hands in his pockets without a care in the world even though there is a crowd watching him and filming. That is what you call a morally bankrupt person. Guilty in the worlds eyes. But I am waiting for his acquittal to see how America responds. This is the Rodney King moment of the 21st Century.
If a person says they can’t breathe, that’s an indication for the person to let up or reposition your leverage unless you had planned on inflicting pain or death!!
Criminals lie all the time. If you are a cop believing what the criminal is telling you, you won’t last long as a cop. If a person is talking there’s no reason for the officer to believe they can’t breath
The fact that a policeman murdered an unarmed man is not the issue. The issue is he murdered an unarmed man among witnesses and didn’t care who saw or filmed him.
He ain’t writing nothing.
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Chauvin is looking at 30+ years in a box all by himself, solitary confinement…if found guilty (I believe he is guilty, all any rational person has to do is watch the video). He should never get out of that cell.
Any rational person knows you cant talk or call for mom if you cant breathe or your being choked
Justice for Mr Floyd. That was painful to watch. I cried can’t believe it
He is still alive and you will see it next year.
the G.L.O.V.E. WAS USED ON GEORGE FLOYD. I SAW 2 POLICE JUMP OUT OF THEIR CAR AND ONE PUT ON BLACK LEATHER GLOVE ON THIS WARM EVENING. VIDEO REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE.
Watch this be the 2nd and worse than Travions case of dude being accuquited the difference here is that we got it all camera. If thats not enough then this whole system is truly controlled by money and systemic racist for sure… no if, but about it. #Justinceforfloyd
It was NOT a drug overdose, it was a knee overdose. Let’s have Floyd’s brother kneel on the cop’s neck for 9 minutes. And if the cop dies that means the cop must have had drugs in his system. This cop-killing rampage needs the Government’s protection on blacks. This is bullying and we can’t defend ourselves properly and effectively against a trained and armed military-like force.
HAD THIS BEEN A WHITE MAN NONE OF THIS WOULD BE NECESSARY AT ALL BUT RACE HATRED PLAYED A PIVOTAL PART!!
Is Chauvin writing his biography
The other cops were very new. They were afraid of chauvin
Chauvin is taking notes like he wasn’t there.
If a 100 years old man or woman is punched and died, you can’t say he or she is going to die anyway.
A pink sock for Derrek
I hope the inmates turd in his food
Amen
Point blank with all the cops that were there, there was no reason for the officer to be afraid. Hey team lets cuff him and book hom… Going home for dinner. But no he killed this man and the world knows it. This officer is a killer… Please stay calm and pray that GOD will do justice. No violence…
I think they need to be asking Chauvin what kind of drugs he was on because if you watched the video of the incident and you (LOOK at the actions of Chauvin) he acted like a (SPACED OUT, MOTIONLESS, MONSTER so to speak, with NO EMOTIONS) what so ever as if thou he was in ANOTHER WORLD OR ON some type of substance that prevented him from using common sense and THINKING rationally about what he was doing. ) I mean what NUTCASE would give you a POKER face with NO expression when you have several people telling you to TAKE YOUR KNEE OF OFF SOMEONE’s NECK) that is of NO danger to you handcuffed and on the ground. No amount of drugs in George Floyd’s system justifies the ACTIONS of Chauvin and they know DARN well Floyd did NOT die of an overdose.
He called,god as much as mamma,and pleaing for his life,but there were no letting up,simply because a black persons pleas are faking things,Not real,just an act to try and make a break for it,i mean run,some will say,a man calling out he can’t breathe,is lying about can’t breathe,floyd was a sacrifice for a lot of people,whom watched all unfold and none went to his rescue,they all watched.911 dispatch was to see it,the sgt.was to see it,the mayor had to see it,the whole gang whom are the ones the performance was for,had their fix,the four man strong was set on murdering in the public eye that day.Till now,i haven’t seen the police that were called on the police arriving,but two others whom joined with officers,that is why,floyd was dragged out of the car onto the other side,his head sticking out at the back wheel of the car,so they whom were to see,could see,even though,the standing police were attempting to block what was going on.You can see by the coolness of Chauvin,he had no reason to be alarmed,that’s why he looked so comfortable on the man’s neck,if he had fear of any of them,he would’ve not went about it the way he did,because he’d be reported.All were in support and equally a part of this scene,as none were seen to say stop to any of the others,if you use a lip reader,i doubt it if he can read on any of their lips the word stop.Joint enterprise.
After watching the video,those cops are innocent.BLM is demonic for burning down cities
I almost wish they say not guilty jus so things can get out of hand and escalate into something much more serious. I feel America even thou they have been down this road before with Rodney king. I feel another reminder is needed. Why nip it in the bud when you can escalate it into something much more serious.
I dare them to say not guilty
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Death Penalty for those Police officers please! Imprisonment is too light. Other Cops will change if the Death Penalty is imposed.
This is so appalling, it should never ever should have happend, not at the hands by Cops
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I wish Floyd hadn’t met up with that hustler who was pimping him.
Maybe he would still be alive today.
George was murdered by the police officer period 😢
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What is he even writing
FAKE NEWS PROPAGANDA
FLOYD DIED OF DRUG OVERDOSE.
Naw
@Gaby either way it was a bad deal
Why is this ex cop, the murderer, writing things down for? He needs not to do that! He murdered the man so what is he doing with pen and paper? To prove what? Please
Chauvin proudly knelt on Floyd’s neck until he literally passed away, hand in pocket with not a care in the world, his heartless actions filmed in broad day light, from various angles, clear as day, viewed by millions across the globe, collectively agreeing he ended a fellow human beings’ life and yet, he may still, very likely literally get away with murder. Honestly What is this world coming to. Pffft. 👎
Brothas are going to have a good time with him once he’s in jail if he’s lucky he’ll get suicidal locked in a box by himself, but in reality he will probably join skinheads for protection
Shauvin is not on trial people,mr Floyd is for being dead.