Catching up with all of the posts.
This case has a ton of hotly debated facts and myths out there. I don't get into most of those in forming an opinion as I don't know and most were not admissible nor are to be considered anyhow. Prior acts of neither were allowed.
Floyd was no saint. Chauvin however made more than one really bad choice over a period of time. Imo. Changing any one of those decisions or making a different one may have changed everything including where he is now going. He did not need to have intent and there are many in chats out there that do not realize that. You can be charged for certain things and meet the criteria without having intent.
The typical drunk driver does not mean to kill anyone, no intent. He is not innocent, however. Bad choices. He should have known.
I agree with
@Guess Who in that if this was a split second decision under certain circumstances or that hold was only used briefly and then ended, it would be entirely different even though I myself feel the hold itself was not the type that should have been used. Or if care had been administered. Way too many bad choices.
I myself waver about intent, many do. Only Chauvin knows if he had any intent, we will likely never know. I do, however, feel that intent could not be proven easily.
I will say I would not want to be a cop, particularly today. I do think though that certain professions necessitate higher standards when someone's life, freedom, and and more are in your hands. Cops. Doctors. Judges. Etc. Imo they know it going into the job and if they choose the job and if they do not know it, they should. It's a lot different than making a typo if one works in an office or if one is a baker, forgetting to put yeast or flour in your bread
Just some final thoughts until sentencing which is a ways off. And I have no doubt there will be appeals which will likely start being worked on immediately.
And all is jmo of course.
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