One Day In And There Are Already Problems In The George Floyd Murder Trial

Not off to a good start.

On the first day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, jurors were sent home after Minnesota’s radical Attorney General Keith Ellison moved to include a third-degree murder charge against the man who became infamous for his video where he kneeled on the neck of the martyred criminal and drug addict.

The former congressman, DNC head, and disciple of Nation Of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s office filed a motion for the case’s jurisdiction to be changed in order for the additional charge to be added, a possible sign that Ellison is worried that the second-degree murder charge won’t stick and that Chauvin would only be convicted for manslaughter.

The third-degree charge carries a lesser burden of proof and Ellison needs a head on a stick as a blood sacrifice to the angry mob that is now gathering and a manslaughter conviction would not only lead to the burning of downtown Minneapolis to the ground but also violent riots and looting across the nation that will make last year’s carnage look like a picnic.

Jury selection is on hold pending the decision from the court of appeals on the third-degree charge.

According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, “Jury selection paused in Derek Chauvin trial as additional charge is pending”:

Jury selection was delayed for at least a day in the murder case against Derek Chauvin, the fired police officer charged with killing George Floyd on a Minneapolis street corner nearly 10 months ago.

Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill said he wants to hear from the state Court of Appeals about the prosecution’s desire to revive a third-degree murder charge to the counts of second-degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death last May, which was captured on a bystander’s cellphone video and broadcast around the world.

Cahill, who threw out the disputed count last fall, sent the prospective jurors home for the day ahead of bringing them back on Tuesday. The judge then recessed proceedings until 1:30 p.m. CT Monday.

In the meantime, prosecutors filed a petition to the state Court of Appeals to stop jury selection until the appeals court rules on whether Cahill has jurisdiction while the third-degree murder charge is pending.

If the trial proceeds, they argued, Chauvin is in a “Heads I win, tails you lose” scenario because he could take his chances at trial, and if convicted, can appeal with the claim that Cahill lacked jurisdiction when jury selection began.

“There is no need for this kind of uncertainty in any case, let alone a case of this magnitude,” the state wrote in its petition.

After his arrest following Floyd’s death, Chauvin had agreed to cop to the third-degree murder charge only have it yanked away by Deep State fixer and then-attorney general Bill Barr, a devious man who is slicker than a jar of greased eels who played the role of Judas during the passion play leading to the crucifixion of now former President Donald J. Trump.

In his previous stint as AG, Barr ran interference for Poppy Bush, who like himself, had longstanding connections to the CIA.

Once the decision has been made, the focus will turn to jury selections and the challenge of finding unbiased jurors, a tough rock to roll given the saturation coverage by the media, social media agitation and the fact that residents likely already taken sides.