That might be it. I seem to be more comfortable with faster speech than many people. I often see comments on some of the Youtube channels I watch complaining about the person speaking too fast.
I mean it can be heard at normal speed, it's just clearer if dialed down a bit - I'm not sure if they can do that or not for the jury though?
Bearing in mind, George Floyd was a; already high as a kite when police arrived, then b; swallowed more pills as the police tried to arrest him, is pretty troubling stuff.
I think it's probably extremely likely that the root cause of death here, is drug related - it might have been exasberated by the police restraint, but honestly - with large quantities of drugs like that, I wouldn't be suprised if it's what did most of the damage.
Yup same here - really I think there should be some sort of assault charge for Chauvin - if there is reasonable doubt re: the cause there is still the issue of how Floyd was treated, Chauvin probably deserves to be punished for that.
re: the drugs - interestingly we know - he was already high (or seemed to be) in the store - as noted by the store on the 911 call.
We also know from his two friends that he consumed two pills
before the police even arrived. There were two attempts by the store to get him to come back inside and pay for his cigarettes.
This bit is interesting though - his friend Maurice Hall was in the car with him and seemingly both the defence and the prosecution want him to take the stand as a witness - Maurice is actively trying to avoid this by pleading the 5th. Defence/Chauving has a 6th amendment right to call him but he has a 5th amendment right to not incriminate himself.
Importantly there is the question of whether he supplied the drugs to Floyd (and possible charges there) and also if he had and they were the cause of death then there is also the possibility under MN law of a murder charge for him (politically though that doesn't seem realistic at all though).
Can't find the video I saw yesterday but a USlawyer went through the options - firstly judge could get defence/prosecution and Maurice Hall's lawyers to thrash out what they intend to cover. Secondly, they could get a statement or something to avoid him testifying directly. Thirdly the prosecution could offer him immunity if he testifies (they probs won't want to do this - not necessarily because they're actually going to charge him but because it probably helps the defence more) lastly though the Judge could go for a nuclear option of pausing the trail until the prosecution sorts something out with Hall to enable him to testify.
Incidentally - Floyd's wonderful alleged drug dealing "friend" who was in the car with him currently appears to be in custody right now on domestic violence charges. Does seem odd how they're trying to portray Floyd as turning his life around when he's handing over forged banknotes and seemingly not caring when the store points this out, high on drugs, hanging out with a drug dealer/violent individual etc.. I appreciate he isn't on trial here and died in horrible circumstances - the narrative about him being some sort of hero here or that this incident with the forged bill could happen to anyone is just utter bunk - most people would be apologetic when a store points it out if it were an accident - they'd not go back to sitting behind the wheel of a car and proceed to consume more drugs.
