“Jane Doe” didn’t murder George Floyd, Derek Chauvin did. She wasn’t a Minneapolis cop, and didn’t testify as a defense expert in Chauvin’s trial, although her ex-husband, Barry Brodd, did. She got their California house in the divorce. In April 2021, when that h[...]
Posts Tagged ‘George Floyd’
January 29th, 2022 - 12:15 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Teaching right from wrong
A lawyer representing one of the Minneapolis cops present when Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd is blaming inadequate training, Huffington Post reported on Saturday, January 29, 2022 (read story here). The three ex-cops, who are being prosecuted for federal civil rights, didn’t just watch w[...]
October 23rd, 2021 - 2:38 pm § in Law and Courts
Is it OK for cops to accidentally kill innocent bystanders?
Is it more okay if the bystander is black? On July 20, 2020, Leneal Frazier (photo, left) was tee-boned by a Minneapolis cop chasing a stolen vehicle. His Jeep cartwheeled into a bus shelter. Paramedics pried him out of the mangled wreckage, gently loaded him on a gurney, and transported him to a ho[...]