Guest Post by Ann Coulter
Apparently, no one is watching the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Otherwise, the media couldn’t get away with their spectacular lying to the public about how the prosecution is killing it.
It’s quite the opposite. In fact, in less than a week, the prosecution’s theory of the crime has subtly shifted from MURDER! to “failed to provide what we would say, in retrospect, would be a full and complete duty of care during the one- to three-minute interval between Floyd’s resisting the police to his dying, as a hostile crowd screamed obscenities at the police officers.”
The defense hasn’t even begun to make its case, but the prosecution’s witnesses keep helping Chauvin. (The only exception to the wild media lying is Headline News, where the lawyer commentators go the extra mile by watching the trial.)
Week One was chock-a-block with weeping bystanders wailing about how they felt watching Chauvin restrain Floyd. This would be tremendous evidence if the charge against Officer Chauvin were “first-degree upsetting bystanders.” But that’s not the charge. That’s not even a crime.
One especially distraught witness, Charles McMillian, an elderly black man, testified to seeing “foam” coming out of Floyd’s mouth.
QUIZ: Is foam coming out of the mouth a sign of:
a) a head wound?
b) strangulation?
c) a drug overdose?
ANSWER: c) a drug overdose.
Apart from that crucial fact, McMillian’s evidence only pertained to “first-degree upsetting bystanders.” Which, again, is not a crime.
My favorite witness — and the media’s favorite, too! — was Genevieve Hansen, Feminist Hero. She appeared in court in her firefighter dress uniform and a belligerent mood — though not as belligerent as the day Floyd died, when she showed up in sweats and began shrieking at the officers.
The headlines are along the lines of “Firefighter: I Could Have Saved Floyd’s Life, But Police Wouldn’t Let Me.”
Yes, apparently, Genevieve would have invented a time machine, gone back, and stopped Floyd from ingesting three times the lethal dose of fentanyl. I take it back: Chubby girls make the best firefighters! (Don’t get snippy with me: It’s beyond outrageous that fire departments have abandoned all physical fitness requirements solely in order to hire more women.)
According to Genevieve, the police on the scene unaccountably refused to step aside and take direction from her, despite her full ONE YEAR of experience as a firefighter.
Genevieve was totally on top of the situation. In her statement to investigators shortly after the event, she described Floyd as a “small, slim man.” Floyd was at least 6-foot-4 and weighed 230 pounds. The largest police officer on the scene was Chauvin, coming in at 5-foot-9 and 140 pounds. Genevieve missed nothing!
Even in the calm setting of a courtroom, with no agitated bystanders yelling at her, here are the things Genevieve says she would have done to save Floyd’s life!
- “I would have requested additional help.”
- “I would have wanted someone to call 911.”
- “I would have asked someone to run to the gas station and look for an AED [a defibrillator].”
Why didn’t the officers think to call for medical backup??? Oh yeah, they already had. Twice. Starting about 10 minutes before Genevieve even showed up.
- “I would have checked his airway.”
- “I would have been worried about a spinal cord injury.”
As we know from the autopsy, there was no problem with Floyd’s airway or spinal cord. (But, as long as you bring it up, his body did contain three times the lethal dose of fentanyl.)
- “I would have checked for a pulse.”
Eureka! Why didn’t — oh wait, the officers had done this, repeatedly, as several bystander witnesses had already confirmed.
By now, Floyd was dead. That’s when she would have started chest compressions.
So Genevieve, the state’s star witness on what the cops did wrong, testified that she would have done pretty much everything the officers did. But she would have been a lot bossier about it.
As much as Genevieve’s one year with the fire department made her an expert on when a police officer should begin chest compressions, the Minneapolis Police Department’s own experts directly contradicted her this week. These were, again, prosecution witnesses.
On Tuesday, Lt. Johnny Mercil, the MDP’s use-of-force trainer, and Officer Nicole Mackenzie, the MPD’s medical support coordinator, testified that it would be appropriate not to provide care to a suspect who had just been fighting with officers, or in the presence of a hostile crowd.
Chauvin had both those circumstances.
Trying to do damage control, the prosecutor asked Officer Mackenzie to define a “hostile” crowd. She said, “a growing contingent of people around, if they’re yelling, being even verbally abusive to those trying to provide scene security.”
Hey — remember those weeping bystanders last week? Their own testimony confirmed that they were “yelling and even being verbally abusive to those trying to provide scene security.”
Donald Williams, for example, the bouncer and MMA hobbyist, admitted to continuously berating the officers — all of which is on tape — calling Chauvin a “fucking bum,” “bitch” and “a fucking pussy ass bitch.” In one of the tapes, Williams threatens Officer Tou Thao, saying, “I swear I’ll slap the fuck out of both of you!”
And of course, there was the lovely Genevieve screeching, “I have your name tag, bitch!”
Now you know why prime-time cable suddenly went back to covering COVID vaccination schedules this week.
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The facts of this case don’t matter. Minneapolis will burn when the verdict is in, regardless of the trial outcome.
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Yes, because a guilty verdict would support the narrative of ‘systemic racism’ in America which is widely believed by the young punks who serve da man. What is interesting is that they do not even realize that they are tools of the left wing establishment and the global powers that be. The end of this trial whatever the outcome is the trigger for more violence. It is a sad commentary on America and an end to law and order. The whole world is going down the tubes with us with the exception of Russia, China, India and Iran. These countries still maintain a semblance of sanity.
It just doesn’t matter. Rule of Law is gone. Chauvin walks, riots. Chauvin goes to prison, riots.
Last summer my place of employment was within 30/30 range of these shitbags looting. They soon headed west into St. Paul to continue their locust-like raiding of shoe, cell phone and sports wear stores. A true symbol of their heartfelt angst and anger at how they are treated by The Man.
I remember watching the video of Chauvin and friends restraining The New Messiah. It seemed surreal. Almost like it was an act. The only thing missing was Rod Serling walking up smoking a cigarette.
When I was a little kid my favorite show was “Mission Impossible”. I didn’t always understand the story, but I enjoyed how the team would infiltrate and mess with people.
I feel this country has been the victim of a huge “Mission Impossible” plot. The Crucifixions of both Floyd and now Chauvin are just a part of it.
My biggest question is who is pulling the strings?
Nothing happens by chance.
Watch Chauvin pull off the mask and it’s … Martin Landau.
Oh how I’d laugh even more if it was Greg Morris instead.
I’ll look for a picture of Greg Morris to post-maybe more than a few cannot match the name with the face??
Is that the “Cash Cab” guy ?
Haha — yeah.
No.
What’s needed is Eliot Ness and his buddies bursting on the scene with tires screeching and unloading on all the bad guys with their tommy guns.
I spoke to a 10 year ex-cop the other day. He said Chauvin is toast.
More like Chauvin will be a burnt offering.
Chauvin has only a slight chance that there are jurors who have a sense of justice.
I’ve been following Tim Pool who does a great job reporting the facts. I’m starting to believe Chauvin walks. The prosecution’s case is pathetic. Hear it here:
The most surprising thing I found out yesterday is that Chauvin supposedly only weighs 140 pounds. I would have guessed he was 6’2″ and 220 pounds and that Floyd was 6′ and 200 pounds. Turns out Chauvin is 5’9″ and 140, while Floyd is 6’4″, 233. It’s hard to believe Chauvin is only 140, but even if he was 150 last May, that’s a LOT different than we’d been led to believe (surprise, surprise).
Coulter brings her peerless snark to this one. One of her better efforts – which is saying something.
Coulter snarks well – always has.
The defense hasn’t even started to present its case and I can already predict that Chauvin walks! Worst case is hung jury.
He’ll be convicted on the murder 3 charge because the jurors don’t want to get doxxed and it will damp down some of the heat (certainly not all of it- there will be “celebrations” that look remarkably similar to “mostly peaceful protests”).
He’ll go free on appeal in a few years when it’s demonstrated how many mistakes were made before and during trial.
Interesting take on this.
…and that’s why they call it the Jewdiciary System.
He actually used LESS restraint than the prosecutor’s expert witness said was called for. Chauvin would have been within the rules if he tazed Floyd for not getting out of the car. Also, some of the footage shows his knee on Floyd’s shoulder not his neck. The real news is that the corporate press, which Pool monitors, is portraying the prosecutor’s case as a slam dunk guilty. So when Chauvin walks or receives a lighter sentence the mob is going to go apeshit. THEY are trying to pour gas on the fires-literally. Dirty Bastards.
I had that same thought. Always look for the media’s desire for outcomes.
Wondering where are the local National Guard units? Protecting Nancy’s office?
Someone I know that lives in Minneapolis said anything more than 3 seconds to hang Chauvin from the nearest tree following the end of the trial, regardless of the verdict, will result in riots.
Sorry, I don’t give a shit about cops or brownoids. I hope they all kill each other.
The more it seems cops only care about the political winds and their check and pension, the more I agree with you. The groids can get bent
Do it in Florida or Texas!
All BM’s matter….and this story makes me want to take a big one.
Not “claims,” FACT. MLK was a drunk, whoremonger, adulterer, crypto commie and rape-enabler.
Hate to burst the normie narrative.
https://www.davidgarrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DJGStandpoint2019.pdf
BLM and Company spit and shat on MLK’s kultural legacy by definition. Kennedy was a drug addled, whore (With Nazis and Communist honey snares) mongering, election stealing, collective bargaining rights for gov’t employees, etc etc etc. just sayin
So, ‘shat’ is the past tense of ‘shit’. Cullut folks usually say ‘shitted’, as in, “I only been to the baffroom once today, but I shitted real good at that time.”
Smart people understand who their enemies are.
It’s just one article after another that affirms that Democrat run cities are shitholes. They all have certain things in common.
If I were smart I’d have gotten the Kleenex contract with the prosecution.