WALSH: The Chauvin Trial Has Been Exposed As A Ridiculous Sham. Throw Out The Verdict. 

It was apparent from the beginning that Derek Chauvin was not going to be given a fair trial in front of an impartial jury of his peers. If there was ever a trial that should have been moved to a different location, this was the trial. But it was not moved. And if there was ever a jury that should have been sequestered for the duration, this was that jury. But it was not sequestered. Chauvin was being judged by Minneapolis locals, who lived through the protests and riots, and who were leaving the court each night and returning to that same community, likely driving past the angry crowds threatening to burn the city if a guilty verdict wasn’t returned. 

To make matters worse and the trial an even more blatant sham, George Floyd’s alleged drug dealer, who was present at the scene on the day of Floyd’s death, was not required to testify. Most egregiously, there was no mistrial declared after a prominent congresswoman traveled from DC to Minneapolis to demand a guilty verdict in front of a frothing crowd and call for more “confrontation” should the jury fail to give her what she wants. It is hard to imagine how a deck could be more unfairly stacked against a defendant. And that is before we have taken into account the apparent BLM activist who maneuvered his way onto the jury.