{"id":232583,"date":"2021-04-23T06:28:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T06:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=232583"},"modified":"2021-04-25T07:34:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T07:34:51","slug":"minnesota-state-officials-emulate-pontias-pilate-by-handing-over-officer-chauvin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=232583","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota State Officials Emulate Pontias Pilate by Handing over Officer Chauvin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Craig Roberts \u2013 paulcraigroberts.org April 1, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n

An attorney who is monitoring the trial of officer Chauvin has concluded that Minnesota officials arranged in advance Chauvin\u2019s conviction.\u00a0 The attorney is not a member of Chauvin\u2019s defense team.\u00a0 He is monitoring the trial because of his long-standing interest in the systematic destruction in America of a fair trial.\u00a0 The details follow:<\/h4>\n

Minneapolis paid a $27 million settlement with George Floyd\u2019s brother in the middle of jury selection for Chauvin\u2019s trial.\u00a0<\/em> In other words, in effect the city officials admitted Chauvin\u2019s guilt prior to the jury\u2019s determination.\u00a0 One would have expected Minneapolis to hold on to $27 million of taxpayers\u2019 money until the jury rendered a verdict both for the sake of a fair trial and for the city\u2019s budget.<\/h4>\n

On the eve of the trial, the district court granted the state\u2019s motion to insert the charge of third degree murder in addition to second degree manslaughter against Chauvin.\u00a0 <\/em>The consequence of this for Chauvin was made clear yesterday (March 31) when the Minnesota supreme court handed down a decision on third-degree murder while Chauvin\u2019s trial was underway.\u00a0 My informant explains that the decision has the effect of allowing Minnesota to convict Chauvin of third degree murder without having to prove that Chauvin intended George Floyd\u2019s death.\u00a0 In effect, the court\u2019s decision negates the objective evidence of the medical examiner\u2019s report that his examination discovered three times the fatal dose of fentanyl in Floyd\u2019s blood and no life-threatening injuries. ( For the medical report see:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2021\/03\/31\/officer-chauvins-show-trial-will-bring-the-end-of-law-and-order\/<\/span><\/a> )<\/h4>\n

The Minnesota supreme court draws a distinction between third degree murder and second-degree negligence manslaughter: \u201cThe manslaughter offense requires the State to prove<\/em> that the person \u201c \u2018causes the death of another . . . by the person\u2019s culpable negligence whereby the person creates an unreasonable risk, and consciously takes chances of causing death or great bodily harm to another.\u2019 \u201d State v. Back, 775 N.W.2d 866, 869 (Minn. 2009) (quoting Minn. Stat. \u00a7 609.205 (2020)).\u201d<\/h4>\n

In contrast third-degree murder \u201crequires an eminently dangerous act that supports an inference<\/em> that the defendant was indifferent to the loss of life that the defendant\u2019s eminently dangerous activity could cause.\u201d \u00a0Thus Chauvin can be convicted of third-degree murder because his knee on Floyd\u2019s neck infers \u201cextreme indifference to human life.\u201d This makes clear the purpose of the eye-witness testimony I reported yesterday: https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2021\/03\/31\/officer-chauvins-show-trial-will-bring-the-end-of-law-and-order\/<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n

In other words, the inference from knee-on-neck is Chauvin\u2019s \u201cdepraved mind\u201d indifference to Floyd\u2019s life. \u00a0Second-degree manslaughter carries a 10-year sentence. Third-degree murder carries a 25-year sentence.<\/h4>\n

It certainly looks like a state organized setup to make certain Chauvin is convicted.\u00a0 On the very eve of the trial a third degree murder charge is inserted and during the trial the Minnesota supreme court rules that third-degree murder only requires the inference of indifference to human life.<\/h4>\n

It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the Minnesota establishment has decided to buy off Antifa and Black Lives Matter with officer Chauvin\u2019s conviction.\u00a0 In the wake of last year\u2019s George Floyd \u201cpeaceful protests,\u201d parts of Lake Street in Minneapolis look like postwar Europe before the Marshall Plan.<\/h4>\n

Just as Pontius Pilate is believed to have turned Jesus over to the Jews in order to avoid troubles, it seems the state of Minnesota has decided to turn Chauvin over to Antifa and Black Lives Matter.\u00a0 We will see whether this cowardly and despicable act quiets trouble or emboldens trouble-makers.<\/h4>\n

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