Today, 12:25 PM
Should this unnamed group of ordinary people be unbiased? Should they perhaps be selected from a location other than the very city of the incident that resulted in nationwide protests and riots? Would that be fair?
Fentanyl is an opioid. Opioid overdose can cause breathing difficulties and death (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/opioid-overdose). Even my father-in-law, who was a pharmacist, proclaimed just that when this became national news, so it isn't obscure knowledge to people who are familiar with opioids.
Also, there is video evidence of George Floyd stating that he can't breathe while he was being placed into the back of the police vehicle, well before Chauvin pinned him to the ground. Negligent homicide would have been a more reasonable charge against Chauvin, since it could be argued that he had a duty of care when he detained Floyd, particularly since Floyd stated that he could not breath. Regardless of the verdict, the trial wasn't fair, so the outcome is tainted no matter what.
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