MN - George Floyd, 46, died in police custody, Minneapolis, 25 May 2020 *officers charged* #3

[Chelly]

What appears to be excessive "grilling" by the lawyers is actually what they sometimes call rehabilitating a juror.....imo

 

[JerseyGirl]

Judge Cahill has dismissed Juror #71 for CAUSE.

 

[JerseyGirl]

The PJ71 answers questions with "I will try"
The answer the lawyers are looking for is "I WILL"

Someone posted on Twitter (assume it’s a parody):

Juror 71 Recap:

Defense: Can you be fair? No. Can you be fair? No. Can you be fair? No

Judge: Can you be fair? No. Are you sure? Yes.

State: Can you be fair? No. If you HAD to be fair because it was the law that you be fair, could you be fair? I'll try.

State: Juror will be fair.

 

[Chelly]

Judge Cahill has dismissed Juror #71 for CAUSE.

Yes, this what defense was hoping for.

 

[Chelly]

Someone posted on Twitter (assume it’s a parody):

Juror 71 Recap:

Defense: Can you be fair? No. Can you be fair? No. Can you be fair? No

Judge: Can you be fair? No. Are you sure. Yes.

State: Can you be fair? No. If you HAD to be fair because it was the law that you be fair, could you be fair. I'll try.

State: Juror will be fair.

LOL. perfect...and funny.

 

[Chelly]

Judge Cahill has dismissed Juror #71 for CAUSE.

That was excellent work by Defense in saving a strike...IMO. He got Judge to do the work for him (dismissing for Cause). Just want to add, this is first defense attorney I've seen in years I really respect. (so far) imo

 

[geevee]

LOL. perfect...and funny.

That was about the size of it. lol At first I wasn't sure if the State was just trying to force defense into using another strike but when State was trying to rehabilitate him, it was evident they really wanted this one.

 

[Chelly]

That was about the size of it. lol At first I wasn't sure if the State was just trying to force defense into using another strike but when State was trying to rehabilitate him, it was evident they really wanted this one.

I know, right? That was spectacular. Prosecutor helping out the Defense a bit to get on the jury, a juror the prosecution really, really wanted seated.

 

[Chelly]

Forgive the sports analogy, but to me this is like watching a baseball game with two superman pitchers on opposing teams.

 

[Chelly]

@cathyrusson
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#DerekChauvinTrial - Note: per pool reporter in the courtroom, the group of jurors brought in after lunch consisted of THREE jurors. This morning the judge said 4 jurors would be brought in the afternoon.
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[Chelly]

Cathy Russon

@cathyrusson
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#DerekChauvinTrial - The reason there's only 3 jurors this afternoon is the 4th juror called in sobbing saying she couldn't do this. PJ #70 was dismissed for cause.
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[Chelly]

@cathyrusson
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#DerekChauvinTrial - PJ 73. Male. He also heard about the $27M settlement and that he though the timing of the settlement was "odd" explaining he thought something that would happen before or after the criminal trial (as opposed to during).
@LawCrimeNetwork

 

[geevee]

Forgive the sports analogy, but to me this is like watching a baseball game with two superman pitchers on opposing teams.

Yes, there's some really good lawyering going on here, which is really interesting to watch.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Juror #73 biggest concern appears to be about personal hardship. He is self-employed in real estate sales. Says this is his busy season, coming into spring. Has biz partner. But worried about impact on his income if he needs to sit on #DerekChauvinTrial jury for month or more.

https://twitter.com/paulblume_fox9/status/1371923650241122306?s=21

 

[Chelly]

@cathyrusson

#DerekChauvinTrial - PJ 73 is a white male, 50s or 60s, deep voice and sound very laid back. Judge cut the audio to discuss something sensitive.

 

[In vino veritas]

May I ask why the defense is wanting this in?

I haven't been able to keep up with this case like I hoped I would due to several of our family members, and friends having Covid.

I missed getting to read the autopsy report (if it was in the media) so I'm assuming George's death was due to being asphyxiated, right? TIA, JG.

jmho

May I ask why the defense is wanting this in?

I haven't been able to keep up with this case like I hoped I would due to several of our family members, and friends having Covid.

I missed getting to read the autopsy report (if it was in the media) so I'm assuming George's death was due to being asphyxiated, right? TIA, JG.

jmho

According to the Hennepin County report, there was no tissue or muscle damage to the neck. Also, hyoid bone was intact. Primary cause of death was cardiac arrest.

 

[Chelly]

Yes, there's some really good lawyering going on here, which is really interesting to watch.

Agree on interesting to watch. Looking forward to opening arguments.

 

[Chelly]

According to the Hennepin County report, there was no tissue or muscle damage to the neck. Also, hyoid bone was intact. Primary cause of death was cardiac arrest.

Could you provide a MSM link?

 

[Chelly]

@cathyrusson
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#DerekChauinTrial - PJ73 has a best friend that's a police officer and two clients that are also police officers.
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[Chelly]

@cathyrusson
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#DerekChauvinTrial - PJ 73 on if he would credit an officer's testimony more than a bystander, he said "naturally, I would believe the police officer more" saying the officer has the training and knowledge than someone walking by on the street might not have.