The George Floyd case was decided yesterday by 12 jurors, 6 white, 4 blacks and 2 multi- race and came in with a verdict after only 10.5 hours of GULITY on all 3 charges. Derek Chauvin the police officer involved and defendant in the case, was found guilty of murder in the 2nd degree, and 3rd degree murder and second degree manslaughter. This is almost unheard of. A police officer being convicted of a crime involving a black person and it was the police themselves that turned on him and testified what he did was not police policy.
Had it not been the cell phone that the 17 year old girl pulled out to record the life and death of George Floyd lying on the ground in handcuffs behind his back face down with Chauvin's leg on his neck - no one would ever have known the truth. That is really a scary thought.
I think all Americans and people around the world realize just how important it is to take your phone and record any injustice with you, because the camera does not lie - people do. Derek Chauvin will be sentenced in 8 weeks to prison. The maximum years is 40, I hope he gets it. This should be a lesson for all police officers in the United States, Black Lives Matter.
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