04-19-2021, 11:50 PM
PeterB wrote:
... only because of reasonable doubt. ...
What's interesting about reasonable doubt is that it opens the door to #whataboutism. Where that's countered is by the instruction to consider only evidence, not endless supposition.
Still, the defense clearly asked the jury to consider Chauvin's actions as being a reasonable officer ... quite specific in okaying his actions, and not really inviting the jury to dream up doubts at all.
They keep saying that police are not on trial, it's just this one guy, but of course they all are on trial here.