I feel sorry for Mr. Chauvin (is he still technically an officer?). I even wonder if he might be considering or have considered offering himself up as some kind of sacrifice just to make whatever pain he’s feeling go away – the mob putting him out of his misery. Of course it would be understandable for someone in his situation to have thought of suicide, however briefly, as an alternative escape, but I hope for his sake that that kind of thinking has run its course and departed from him.

What I mean is a little different. Not that I really think it would help if he were to be thrown to the all-too-real non-metaphorical wolves, even at his own request. It would be like a scene from the French Revolution. In any case, however this turns out, I am worried for him.

I’m wondering if there is a tactical advantage for one side or the other in ensuring the potential jurors know they are risking assault, arson, or…

If enough potential jurors freak out in voir dire, what happens?

The Zimmerman case was somewhat before cancel culture and doxxing got going to the extent it is used now. However, there was this from one of the Zimmerman jurors, about receiving death threats and the like. During the trial they were kept incommunicado, of course, so I doubt any juror could get them during the trial. The atmosphere is generally so much more threatening and vicious these days, though.

“Both sides” in the Zimmerman trial reported threats during the jury selection process (see this, but for the most part the jurors’ identities were successfully kept secret. I don’t know if that would be successful in Minneapolis these days.

In the Michael Brown case, it was a grand jury, which is ordinarily kept extremely secret. The jurors there were successfully protected from the disclosure of the identities, as far as I know.

As big as the Zimmerman and Brown stories were, the Floyd story has been much bigger. And leaks and doxxing are more advanced these days. It’s possible the Chauvin jurors will also be successfully shielded, but I really wonder.

Last I heard, he and his wife were living in suburban St. Louis and he was working retail.

There were six people on the Zimmerman jury and 23 people on the grand jury that pondered the Michael Brown / Darren Wilson encounter. Which of them have been doxxed and seen their lives ruined?

https://meaninginhistory.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-upcoming-show-trial.html

If there is a somewhat competent jury there will be an acquittal. The Daily Mail was leaked the full police body cam video where George Floyd said he was dying BEFORE the neck restraint was applied. You can see his resistance before the restraint. Once the jury is exposed to that plus the fact it was acceptable departmental policy I believe the most probable verdict would be manslaughter.

This is like the Rodney King trial where the jury was given facts that the public was not given because of the ideology of the press. The streets will explode. How the authorities will react will be interesting because Minneapolis doesn’t want to become Detroit. The metro area I reside in. And they will not be able to blame Trump.

Strap in. It is going to be an interesting summer.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8576371/Police-bodycam-footage-shows-moment-moment-arrest-George-Floyd-time.html