What Was Missing in the Trial of Derek Chauvin!?
We needed a dream team of overpaid lawyers and three weeks of deliberation and testimonies of eyewitness and experts to convict officer Derek Chauvin of the murdering of George Floyd, even we all saw the gruesome 9M video. Guilty, Guilty, Guilty on all accounts read the verdict; a sense of relief for millions across Americans waiting for this for almost a year! The tragic video that was taken by young Darnella Frazier debunked the police version of what happened to George Floyd on Memorial Day that night. “Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction.” Reported the Times. The video made it harder for the police defense team to use the split-second decision argument that traditionally made it hard to convict police officers who kill mostly blacks. The fatal 9M video may have convicted officer Chauvin, but it didn’t capture the enteric details of the tragic story, what went through Floyd’s mind last minutes, his fears, his terrifying thoughts, his resignation to his tragic fate. “I’m through mum,” he whispered to his Mum, who died three years earlier. His hopes and dreams all vanished with him. Chauvin didn’t take the stand, he didn’t answer questions! All these details were missing from the story. We were all trapped inside the horrendous images of the tragic video, overwhelmed by emotions and rages. However, tragedies usually present more than one victim, George Floyd’s was a victim of savage, reckless behavior, a victim of a culture that weaponized the color of his skin;
