@dixiegirl1035 Omg! Same!! I’ve been asking myself what’s wrong with me because I keep thinking over and over again how I would answer voir dire! I keep going back and forth about my feelings and opinions on Chauvin and what a fair verdict would be. I honestly feel bad for him! Then I think but 9 minutes!! Why?! Why didn’t he let up when he saw Floyd lay there flaccid? Why? Why? Why? Even the other officer suggested it. Was it because the bystanders were taunting him? Had they used a more conciliatory tone would he have let up? Had they said “please let up he’s unconscious” and if they didn’t have a phone out filming him?
Or was he just mad because Floyd was resisting so much? Why were they in such a rush to get him in the car? He didn’t want to get in, he was obviously high on something. He was handcuffed and sitting on the ground and he didn’t seem like a flight risk. Obv getting in the car triggered something. But he wasn’t armed and he was handcuffed. Why not let him sit on the curb for a while longer to reassess?
Was it the whiny voice? Did they think he was malingering and they were impatient with him? But they could tell he was high. They just wanted to take him in and move on with their day?
There’s a callousness to their behavior once they realize he has no pulse. There’s no urgency. Why?