Originally published at: George Floyd murderer Derek Chauvin's appeal denied | Boing Boing
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Chauvin’s attorney had asked the appeals court to throw out the ex-officer’s convictions for a long list of reasons, including the massive pretrial publicity.
His lawyers tried the old, “My crime is so terrible; how can I get a fair trial?” defence, eh?
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It’s true that if the crime hadn’t been publicized he probably would have gotten away with it but I don’t think that’s much of a legal defense so much as an indication of how much racist violence the police get away with.
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“But, but I’m a cop! Didn’t people notice the first time? This isn’t supposed to happen to mee-e-e-eeee!”
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