Chauvin update
Derek Chauvin – we all know that name. Either the most reviled in America (well, after Trump) or the cop most closely associated with St. Floyd of Fentanyl. Or both, I guess, they aren’t mutually exclusive. He’s back in the news.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson agreed in an order Monday to let the defense examine Floyd’s heart tissue and fluid samples to test a theory that Floyd died of a heart condition aggravated by a rare tumor, not — as prosecutors contend — from asphyxiation caused by the white officer pressing his knee on the Black man’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes despite Floyd’s dying cries of, “I can’t breathe.”
Chauvin was convicted in state court on murder charges in 2021 and pleaded guilty later that year in federal court to violating Floyd’s civil rights. His federal defender for his appeal attempt, Robert Meyers, argued in his request that Chauvin’s original attorney, Eric Nelson, failed to inform his client that an outside pathologist not directly involved in the case, Dr. William Schaetzel, of Topeka, Kansas, had contacted Nelson before Chauvin entered his plea and offered an unsolicited theory that Chauvin did not cause Floyd’s death.
Chauvin says had he known of Nelson’s contact and Schaetzel’s conclusions he would not have pled guilty, and is alleging ineffective counsel.
But federal prosecutors have argued in court filings that Nelson made a reasonable “tactical decision” not to explore an untested opinion “offered by someone holding himself out as an expert.” They pointed out that Nelson consulted with other medical experts in preparation for Chauvin’s cases, including one who testified in state court, but that the jury in that case rejected Chauvin’s medical defense.AP
To me it seems logical that Chauvin would grasp at nearly anything… but the fact that a different jury rejected a claim does not mean a similar claim is unfounded, or doomed. However, ineffective counsel isn’t proven very often, so Chauvin might wind up continuing his 20+ year visit here in Texas.
Totally unrelated:
Think you are having a long frustrating year? Remember the folks who went up in the Boeing space launch who got stuck at the space station, but whose trip home was gonna be on the next available Space-X visit?
Because SpaceX’s next crew rotation mission to the International Space Station will use a new Dragon spacecraft that won’t be ready by a previously planned February launch date, NASA announced Tuesday that it has opted to delay the launch now until no earlier than late March.Orlando Sentinel
June through March…that’s a long time in weightlessness. I suspect they are being given something to do, though…otherwise it sorta sounds like a typical military mission. Hurry up and – well, you know.
Category: Crime
Will the space crew be able to add “frequent orbit miles” to their credit card?
Will we soon read about the first baby conceived in space?
Will there a paternity test
To “be”, or not to “be”……
Too bad these voice corrections programs fuck up so much. Because it should “be” there.
Zero gravity sex……
Does the fat girl now weigh as much as the thinner one?
Only if you close your eyes
Nobody would know for certain, so there’s that.
As long as it’s not a zero gravity bukkake.
Some friendly fire would be inevitable.
Could Orange Man Bad pardon Derek Chauvin? Afterall, Brandon pardoned Hunter The Crackhead.
Trump could only pardon for the Fed Charges, not the state. Saint Floyd did the most visible “suicide by drug abuse” in history.
Yes. It would be pointless to pardon Chauvin for the fed charges, and a waste of Trump’s political capital, it would still leave Chavin in prison on the state conviction.
As to the astronauts, they are currently on intergalactic legal hold.
Do they get overtime pay for the extended stay?
Floyd died of terminal stupidity, exacerbated by a propensity to criminal behavior. Test that theory.
I concur. That theory is tested numerous times throughout this nation on almost a daily basis. The dindonuffins of all creeds have seen to that. They were just such peaceful immaculate specimens of humanity. Let’s all let a wet fart in remembrance.
I hate wet farts. Especially when wearing dress uniform. Wet farts sneak on you. You are trusting that a dry fart will come out, and then all the sudden, you feel liquid coming out with the fart.
That’s why the Air Force switched from a white ceremonial dress to a dark blue choker style ceremonial dress. It not only doesn’t show; but wait there’s more, it keeps the stink in.
Never trust a fart over 50.
That happened to me reporting to Victoria, my first duty station.
in his garbage can. He ordered me to the Base hospital and dry cleaners the next day.
I started getting a bit gurgley on the plane, but I thought I was fine. My friends took me to a reputable sushi restaurant for my send off.
By the time I arrived at the Base, I had to unleash fury before I changed into my #1s to report in. I was feeling green around the gills, but I thought I’d be alright.
I had almost made the 1/4 mile walk to the Engineering School when a sneaky shart snuck out. Oh Fuck!
I asked the first student I was to point me to the heads. My boxer briefs looked like a Jackson Pollack painting, so into the garbage they went. I frantically dabbed off any leakage and off I went to see the Chief.
First thing he said was how sick I looked. I started to respond and then
Then, since it was a Thursday, my Chief was nice enough to say ” See ya Monday, after you clean my garbage can out. ”
First impressions….
Yup– play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Chauvin is another guy whose demise won’t bother me, but to be honest that doesn’t mean he’s not entitled to an effective defense of his case by competent attorneys.
If his lawyer dismissed something without informing his client that’s problematic for me, Chauvin should have been told at the very least even if the lawyer felt it was not an effective avenue to pursue, Chauvin should have been allowed the choice to request it be pursued if that were something he felt would exonerate him…
Anyone who is able to scream ” I can’t breathe “, sure as hell can
That “can’t breathe” bullshit started with Eric Garner in New Yawk Shitty. Now, every black miscreant being handcuffed starts screaming that BS. It is part of their playbook when dealing with cops arresting them.
This case polarized our country and led to a huge amount of death and destruction. While I wasn’t on the jury and didn’t see the evidence, wasn’t an investigator, etc. all I have to go on is what I gleaned from the news etc.
From what I understand the police officer was using approved tactics that they were trained on. From the pictures and videos that I saw, his knee was on Floyd’s back, not his neck, and it looks like the pressure was still on his foot, not Floyd’s back. Additionally, from what I saw, read, and heard, Floyd had a lethal amount of illegal drugs in his system, that even NARCAN wouldn’t have countered. So, he had already killed himself and no one could help him, he just hadn’t died yet.
Going from that, it would appear that the police officer was a sacrificial lamb and railroaded to appease the masses. Most of whom, BTW, have no understanding of how the legal system works ( no matter how many times they have been arrested- I have criminals in my family that believe that they are lawyers because they have been arrested and convicted and I have some that think that they are doctors because they have been in the hospital- none of them have ever stayed at a Holiday Inn Express).
I can’t believe that I saw it happen in the USA. I also can’t believe that so many people don’t believe what they see with their own eyes and hear with their own ears.
Let’s hope that common sense is beginning to return.
I asked my son (the literal rocket scientist for the Centaur upper stage that launched the Starliner, and who has met Suni and Butch) what he thinks they feel about being “stuck in space.”
And being, as he is, a rocket scientist, he said:
“Where else in the world do you think two astronauts would want to be?”
Suni said she was in tears upon her return from orbit during her space shuttle mission, because she was certain she would never go to space again. Then she was selected for the Starliner mission, and had to wait years before finally launching for what certainly truly would be her last flight.
But now she has been / will be / in space for months upon months. There is nowhere else she would rather be.
As for Butch, he still has a chance to return to space following his return, but the ability to log days upon days simply demonstrates he has the right stuff, and gives him street creds/orbit creds for future missions.
For us, that would be like saying “Well, you’ve done short tour with the [Rangers] [SEALS] [Airborne] [Green Beret], so we’re going to terminate your mission and put you behind a desk.”
Well, maybe after 20 years, when our hearing is gone, along with our knees, OK. But until then, we would think as they are thinking “There is nowhere else in the world (or out of the world) that I would rather be.
Sorry, I’m late, but your post makes a lot of sense. Where WOULD two astronauts really want to be? Oh, could you ask your son how the boner-thingy works in space? (Asking for a friend).