Knee on the neck is in the police manual. You're reaching
Judge in Chauvin trial calls out Rep. Waters for 'abhorrent' comment
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Only when the subject is a threat and in the recovery position in order to prevent positional asphyxia which is what occurred in this case. Putting your knee on the neck in that position for that length of time on a handcuffed individual is not in any training manual that I'm aware of. Chauvin was not trained to do this and officer after officer testified that it was not an acceptable use of force.
You continue to reach. ---There is no felony assault. There was no 2nd or 3rd degree murder. ---He may be found guilty of that due to folks like you being on the jury, but he is not in any way guilty of 2nd or 3rd degree murder.
The jury has been sequestered so hopefully they were sheltered from media and outside commentary.
Under the law, other contributing factors to a death do not rule out criminal culpability if your actions also played a role in the death. This is criminal law 101. If Chauvin did not knee his neck and shoulders for 9 minutes the other factors would not have led to his death. Also you dont need to damage a trachea to choke someone out or you never seen MMA or studied martial arts. You just need to collapse the artery in the neck and prevent it from being unobstructed.
Only in the deliberation phase.
The right want to make a big deal about what Maxine Waters said....it has nothing to do with the trial just like the GOp argued in the impeachment hearing that those kind of words are not illegal as part of 1st Amendment 
. be careful what you argue... it often comes back to bite you in the ass.
. be careful what you argue... it often comes back to bite you in the ass.There's no reach.
1. This use of force is 3rd degree felony assault when used inappropriately
2. It was not appropriate for the officer to use this level of force at this time
3. Therefore the officer is guilty of 3rd degree felony assault
I strongly disagree. A congresswoman stoking chaos based on the outcome is a serious problem. You don't want the jury to feel threatened in any way.The right want to make a big deal about what Maxine Waters said....it has nothing to do with the trial just like the GOp argued in the impeachment hearing that those kind of words are not illegal as part of 1st Amendment
As I said, with folks like you on the jury he does stand a chance of conviction on the murder charges due to Leftist emotions. ---But, he's certainly not guilty of those if the jury is doing their proper job.