Jake Winker Frogen
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And he will be convicted.
But.....
For the wrong reasons.
The entire defense is, I believe the wrong way to go.
There is no way to defend squatting on another human being's neck for over nine minutes after they are subdued, while the public calls out for you to show some basic humanity as the man pleads for his life and calls out to his mother.
Nor does racism explain this, this is not plotted racism, Chauvin is working with two nonwhite officers, he knows he is being recorded by the public with their phones, the public is calling out, openly condemning him as he does this, and yet he just stares out blankly and continues smashing down on Mr. Floyd's neck.
The demented look on Chauvin's face reveals what the real defense and plea should have been.
Diminished mental capacity.
That he was not in his right mind, not in a rational state probably due to the stresses of being a police officer over a long period of time.
Some form of PTSD sending him into a psychotic episode.
That should have been his defense.
That does not mean he walks free, but it might mean the right sentence for what actually happened.
But.....
For the wrong reasons.
The entire defense is, I believe the wrong way to go.
There is no way to defend squatting on another human being's neck for over nine minutes after they are subdued, while the public calls out for you to show some basic humanity as the man pleads for his life and calls out to his mother.
Nor does racism explain this, this is not plotted racism, Chauvin is working with two nonwhite officers, he knows he is being recorded by the public with their phones, the public is calling out, openly condemning him as he does this, and yet he just stares out blankly and continues smashing down on Mr. Floyd's neck.
The demented look on Chauvin's face reveals what the real defense and plea should have been.
Diminished mental capacity.
That he was not in his right mind, not in a rational state probably due to the stresses of being a police officer over a long period of time.
Some form of PTSD sending him into a psychotic episode.
That should have been his defense.
That does not mean he walks free, but it might mean the right sentence for what actually happened.