Judge in the Derek Chauvin case says Congresswoman Maxine Waters comments on the trial could lead to an appeal.

 

Maxine Waters. 

The judge in the Derek Chauvin case criticized Congresswoman Maxine Waters for her comments on the trail saying that it could lead to an appeal. Fox News. The judge refused to call a mistrial but said that Waters comments were out of line. Waters said that rioters needed to stay in the street and get more confrontational if Chauvin was found not guilty. The judge did not think that the comments would effect the trial because they had been ordered not to watch the news. The trial of Chauvin, who is accused of causing the death of George Floyd, ended today. 

My Comment:

Utterly disgusting behavior from Maxine Waters, who should be expelled from Congress for the action and arrested for jury tampering. This was a clear attempt to influence the jury into convicting Derek Chauvin by threatening riots, destruction and violence if they did not give her the outcome she wants. Given the fact that BLM and Antifa have already murdered people and committed countless acts of vandalism, arson and violence, it's hard to see how things could ever get worse but that's what Waters wants. 

I don't buy the argument that the jurors will not hear about this news. Unbelievably they were not sequestered and though they were ordered to not watch the news it's very possible that they heard about this somehow. If they did than this trial will likely result in a mistrial, hung jury or a conviction based on fear instead of the facts of the case. Hell, even if the jury wanted to convict Chauvin based on the facts, the appearance of being influenced is grounds for appeals.

I also think it was a mistake to not change venues. The jurors in this case live in the area and understand that if they don't convict then their homes and jobs can be destroyed. They also know that their own lives are threatened. If they convict they could lose everything. 

I also think that Waters knows exactly what she is doing. She knows that America's cities were burned down last year. She also knows that riots are likely if Chauvin is not convicted. She is pouring fuel on a fire that is already raging and she wants things to get worse. 

I believe Waters is racist. She doesn't care about the facts of the case, she doesn't care if her narrative is wrong and she doesn't care if people get hurt. She is just mad that one of her people was "killed" by a white person and doesn't care what the consequences are. She wants revenge and wants Chauvin to suffer. It's not any different than a Klansman doing the same thing if he threatened the jurors on this trial but for the opposite outcome. 

As for the trial itself, I have been largely ignoring it. After seeing the evidence that George Floyd was high on Fentanyl and evidence that Chauvin was following departmental procedures I basically made up my mind. There might have been some evidence that I missed during the trial but at this point I find the entire trial to be a politically motivated witch hunt. Without reviewing all of the evidence I am not sure how I would rule but it seems unlikely that I would convict base on the merits of the case.

But even if I though Chauvin was guilty, I don't think I could convict due to the actions of Waters and others. I don't believe in witch hunts or convictions based on threats. Jury nullifications are a thing and it is something that is almost required when the government is acting like this. If Maxine Waters is acting as a congresswoman when she made these threats then the government is totally out of control. 

I don't know what the outcome will be but I think in almost all cases there will be rioting. I think the only way there isn't a riot is if Chauvin gets killed, as horrible as that is. If he's convicted on the lesser charges there will be riots. If he isn't convicted at all, there will be riots. And if there is a mistrial, there will be riots. And even if he is convicted on all charges? There will probably be riots. 

Because this was never about Chauvin or Floyd, it was about a group of racist idiots that have a false idea of the state of race relations in this country and want an excuse to destroy things. And once everything is destroyed they want to recreate America with a new racial hierarchy with Blacks like Maxine Waters at the top and everyone else at the bottom...