Summary Of George Floyd's Trial

George Floyd's murder and Derek Chauvin’s trial(2020) Following the death of African American man George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the hands of white police officer Derek Chauvin, there were large-scale protests against racism and police brutality. Chauvin faces charges of third-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter, and second-degree unintentional murder. The trial sparked discussions about racial inequality in the criminal justice system and law enforcement on a global scale. In the end, Chauvin was found guilty on all charges, which is a rare example of police accountability for a black person's death. Usually, the sentence given for these crimes is a minimum of thirty-five years. Derek Chauvin was given a sentence of twenty-three

He received two letters of reprimand for misconduct”(USA Today). In his trial, the prosecutors wanted to introduce eight past instances involving Chauvin. Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill only allowed two of them to be presented in court so that the jury’s opinion would not be influenced greatly. In To Kill A Mockingbird, the prosecutor, Mr. Gilmer, presented the only past conviction of Tom Robinson. He exaggerated the seriousness of the case to an extreme level and manipulated the jury. He did not mention the specific details of the conviction, which was in reality quite minor. He led the jury to imagine something much worse. He swayed the jury towards giving a guilty verdict. As Scout recalls the incident, “I knew that Mr. Gilmer would sincerely tell the jury that anyone who was convicted of disorderly conduct would easily have it in their heart to take advantage of Mayella Ewell, that was the only reason they cared”(Lee 196). Mr. Gilmer portrays Tom Robinson as a character who is likely to commit a crime regardless of the facts that were presented in

In Jena, Louisiana, the population was 2,900, and most of the town was white. It is mostly a poor place and around ninety percent of the town is white, including all the major law enforcers and all the judges. After they sat under the so-called “white tree”, the next day nooses were hung from the tree. This meant that the white people did not take very kindly to this. Black students and families protested this and the principal wanted to expel the students who hung the noose, but the superintendent gave them a small suspension. The District Attorney threatened the students as he said, “‘I can be your best friend or your worst enemy. I can take away your lives with a stroke of my pen’”(United Nations Chronicle). Many more things occurred which led up to the fight, a large fire, and as to who started it, it is still unsolved. A black person entered a predominantly white party, and was beat up. On Monday, December, 4, a white student who had allegedly been saying racial slurs, calling a group of black boys horrible things, and openly supporting the students who hung nooses from the tree was beaten up at an off campus party. The six black boys were all arrested, expelled, and charged with second-degree attempted murder. Bails for the boys were in the range of $100,000 to $138,000. One of the