The last I saw of it was me commenting in response to bigjb saying you had a quite miniscule intelligence in you brain and that like many you thought you knew something.
I asked him if that was his defense idea in the event of a retrial.
I'm almost sure it would have got Chauvin off, y'know, women being too stupid to look at that footage and realise that George Floyd killed himself.
Isn't it rare for charges to be dismissed on appeal?
Isn't it most likely that a successful appeal will mean the case is remanded?
A successful appeal doesn't mean Chauvin will walk free, but he may be retried.
I don't see how there would be grounds for dismissal if an appeal is based upon possible jury intimidation, rather than new evidence which impacts upon the validity of the evidence presented at trial.
It appears the defense was pretty inadequate which may have something to do with Chauvin's actions being indefensible, but at least a retrial would offer the opportunity for a more skilled challenge to the prosecuton.
What you don't want is successful appeals at a later date on the grounds that Chauvin was inadequately represented.
Maybe an opportunity was created for a retrial for reasons other than the obvious.
If men don't like to communicate, why are there so many men communicating on here?
I think perhaps, Merc, you're referring to certain types of communication and a mismatch between some men and some women which results from gender role stereotyping.
My daughter's generation appear to have moved forward a bit with that.
Rumour has it that states which have the death penalty have a higher incidence of murder than the states which don't. It appears to act less as a deterrent than a message from the state that homicide can be justified, or normalised
And how was Chauvin deterred by the law when he publicly murdered George Floyd? Like noone has ever been sentenced for murder in the US before and this is a precedent?
With respect to Chauvin's life, what difference does it make whether he gets a 20 year, or 40 year sentence? Either way it may, or may not be a whole life tariff given his age. Even if he survives 20 years, 65 years old and turfed out on the street in the US?
We have 72 people with a whole life tariff in the whole of the UK and that's a contentious ethical issue for us. The average life sentence in the UK is 15-20 years. If someone like Chauvin got a minimum of 20-25 years we'd consider that a hefty sentence.
I think the US 'toughness' with respect to sentencing hides a multitude of sins. One of them is that you seem to live in a far less caring society and another is that you seem to distance yourselves from your own culpability in that.
It's also a choice made in the context of an environment.
Everyone plays a part in society and everyone has both choice and limitations. We all bear some responsibilty when it comes to racial bias and cruelty if we don't examine our unconcious actions.
That's not going to change because of a maximum penalty.
A 40 year sentence just allows us to think we've solved the problem and to forget about it.
Somewhere between minimum and maximum means we have to work a little harder to make sure it doesn't keep happening.
As I understand it, the BLM movement supported Justine Diamond's family in the aftermath of her fatal shooting by Mohamed Noor.
These killings are a tragedy for everyone, including the perpetrators. The perpetrators ruin their own lives, and for what?
No, they are very complex, but blackness and whiteness has it's part to play.
Derek Chauvin may not have killed George Floyd simply because he was black, but perhaps believing he could kill him with impunity because he was black may have been a factor, or because he would have been perceived as inherently more dangerous because he was black, for example.
We need to examine the minutiae of each incident to establish how they are linked and how they are not. Only with understanding and acknowledgemt may we create change.
The '...but what about...?' Trumpian technique of deflection does not lead to solutions, just antagonism.
We need to actively listen to each other first and foremost.
“Thank God for giving us this moment,” Ross says outside the Minneapolis courthouse where a judge recently revealed Derek Chauvin’s conviction. “We needed it. This city needed it.”
“His spirit is here with you all,” she remarks of Floyd.
“It’s a moment to celebrate,” she says to the crowd.“Take tonight just to be glad that we have one day of victory. This battle is going to continue.”
“Floyd was one man,” she says. “George Floyd is a movement.”
“Put your arms around somebody today,” she adds. “Can we just all love each other for a moment?”
...and thought, "I bet she's fallen in love with dogs at first sight as I have."
Dogs are easier to trust, but there is an explanation for that 'eyes meeting across the room' thing we do with humans, too.
It's all about picking up on body language cues which inform us about that person, even cues which go back to our experiences in our formative years.
It can happen over the internet (with humans and dogs), but we have less body language information with photos than we do with face to face observation.
I moved 14 months ago and I'm pretty sure it was long before then.
In fact, I'm pretty sure I read this story of your wife dying last year when I was living in the house before last that I shared with my daughter and granddaughter, so your wife died last year at least three and a half years ago, too.
I'd offer my condolences, but I think your wife had the rough end of the stick in this relationship.
I'll let you know if my daughter agrees with you, but I think she's going to prefer the bramble gin and proseco to mix it with that I also left in the fridge.
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Derek Chauvin...
I don't know, DeeDeeThe last I saw of it was me commenting in response to bigjb saying you had a quite miniscule intelligence in you brain and that like many you thought you knew something.
I asked him if that was his defense idea in the event of a retrial.
I'm almost sure it would have got Chauvin off, y'know, women being too stupid to look at that footage and realise that George Floyd killed himself.