WTF is this nonsense?
The guy who says the prosecution was overcharged,
That's his opinion. Based on my examination of Minnesota statute I completely concur on Murder in the second and I'll explain why at the end of the post. But we're Leo s not lawyers.
the case was politically decided,
The case was absolutely political, in that the jury had an enormous amount of pressure to convict regardless of the evidence presented. See the Rodney King verdict as to why.
rejects the evidentiary findings of science in the case,
He didn't. He agreed with the findings of a credentialed defense expert, who testified under oath even if the cause of death was a heart attack caused by underlying arrhythmia, if Chauvin had quit kneeling on him after 5 minutes and medical care had been administered Floyd more than likely would have survived.
and ultimately disrespects the jury process by saying they don't understand Minnesota law...
Again that's his opinion as a Leo. That's not disrespect to the jury that's saying based on his understanding of the law they didn't follow it. I agree and I'll outline why at the end of the post.
...isn't defending the cop convicted of Murder 2, 3, and 2nd degree manslaughter?
If he was defending Chauvin's actions he would have started with saying he didn't do anything wrong, not quibbling about the charges.
Chauvin shouldn't have been a cop at all based on his presence but not direct involvement with the death of an unarmed man earlier in his career.
In my completely not humble opinion:
Dr. Fowler was sketchy AF, retired forensics doctor or not.
This is Minnesota statute chapter 609 for 2022.
609.19 MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
Subdivision 1.Intentional murder; drive-by shootings.
Whoever does either of the following is guilty of murder in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 40 years:
(1) causes the death of a human being with intent to effect the death of that person or another, but without premeditation; or
(2) causes the death of a human being while committing or attempting to commit a drive-by shooting in violation of section
609.66, subdivision 1e, under circumstances other than those described in section
609.185, paragraph (a), clause (3).
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That technique used on Floyd was department approved for some insane reason. Therefore Chauvin had no reason to believe that it would kill Floyd. There's no proof that he decided to kill Floyd at that moment. Floyd's death did not occur during a drive by shooting. So there goes subsection 1.
Subd. 2.Unintentional murders.
Whoever does either of the following is guilty of unintentional murder in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 40 years:
(1) causes the death of a human being, without intent to effect the death of any person, while committing or attempting to commit a felony offense other than criminal sexual conduct in the first or second degree with force or violence or a drive-by shooting; or
(2) causes the death of a human being without intent to effect the death of any person, while intentionally inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily harm upon the victim, when the perpetrator is restrained under an order for protection and the victim is a person designated to receive protection under the order. As used in this clause, "order for protection" includes an order for protection issued under chapter 518B; a harassment restraining order issued under section
609.748; a court order setting conditions of pretrial release or conditions of a criminal sentence or juvenile court disposition; a restraining order issued in a marriage dissolution action; and any order issued by a court of another state or of the United States that is similar to any of these orders.
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Other than the act that caused Floyd's death, there was no other felony committed by Chauvin by statute, nor did Floyd have an order of protection (restraining order) against Chauvin. There goes subsection 2.
So, Chauvin was overcharged and the jury didn't understand Minnesota law.
So no, not defending Chauvin.