{"id":463003,"date":"2021-04-30T17:35:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=463003"},"modified":"2021-04-30T17:35:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:35:29","slug":"chauvin-juror-speaks-out-to-help-push-for-change-suggests-hes-been-pulled-over-by-cops-because-hes-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chauvin-juror-speaks-out-to-help-push-for-change-suggests-hes-been-pulled-over-by-cops-because-hes-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Chauvin Juror Speaks Out To \u2018Help Push For Change,\u2019 Suggests He\u2019s Been Pulled Over By Cops Because He\u2019s Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchauvin-juror-speaks-out-to-help-push-for-change-suggests-hes-been-pulled-over-by-cops-because-hes-black%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=463003&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2120.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A juror who served on the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin came forward this week to speak about the case so he can \u201chelp push for change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The juror, 31-year-old Brandon Mitchell, also disclosed that he has been pulled over by police officers \u201cdozens of times\u201d in the past for \u201cno reason,\u201d suggesting his identity as a black male made him suspect.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/a-juror-in-derek-chauvin-trial-lifts-the-curtain-on-deliberations-11619705799?mod=hp_lead_pos11\">reported<\/a> Thursday that Mitchell \u201csaid he decided to come forward because \u2018staying anonymous wouldn\u2019t help push for change.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Mitchell said he was pulled over for no reason by Minneapolis police dozens of times in his early 20s, usually driving his mother\u2019s aging Chrysler Sebring,\u201d the paper reported. \u201cHe said he has always told his players to follow the checklist his mother gave him during these encounters. Take your hat off; announce what you\u2019re doing; be polite; do what you\u2019re told.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut serving on the jury has made him see how wrong it is that a person should be so afraid that a police officer could do them harm that they needed to change their behavior,\u201d the Journal noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s also part of the reason why I\u2019m speaking up now because that is a narrative that is horrible,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cSo somebody follows directions or not, they don\u2019t deserve to die. That\u2019s completely ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell told the Journal that the hardest testimony for him to hear during the trial was from George Floyd\u2019s brother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just related to it too much,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing big, you know, former athlete and all these things\u2014it just, it really just hit home\u2026. It just felt like something that easily could have been me or anybody else that I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The juror also said he felt compassion for Chauvin after the conviction.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s a human too,\u201d Mitchell said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI almost broke down from that,\u201d the juror revealed. \u201cWe decided his life. That\u2019s tough. That\u2019s tough to deal with. Even though it\u2019s the right decision, it\u2019s still tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On April 20, after a little\u00a0over ten hours of deliberation, the jury found Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter related to Floyd\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Chauvin and three other officers arrested and detained Floyd last May after he allegedly gave counterfeit money to a clerk at a convenience store. Following a struggle to get Floyd into the back of a police cruiser, viral video shows that\u00a0Chauvin kneeled on Floyd\u2019s neck and back for nearly nine minutes to detain Floyd while reportedly waiting for paramedics to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Chauvin\u2019s attorney Eric Nelson argued during the trial that Floyd\u2019s drug use and bad heart were crucial factors in his death, and that Chauvin used reasonable force through an authorized prone hold. The Hennepin County <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/medical-examiner-concluded-george-floyd-likely-died-of-fentanyl-overdose-court-docs-reveal\">medical examiner<\/a>\u00a0revealed that Floyd\u2019s autopsy showed the deceased had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/george-floyds-girlfriend-floyd-hospitalized-for-overdose-months-earlier-drug-dealer-with-him-during-arrest\">potentially lethal<\/a>\u00a0levels of drugs in his system, though the official cause of death was listed as asphyxiation related to Chauvin\u2019s hold.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mitchell, there was only one \u201choldout\u201d jury who wasn\u2019t ready to convict Chauvin on all three charges right away. He was persuaded after mere hours to convict on all three charges, though. The Journal outlined:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"30\">\n<p><em>The jury got the case on a Monday evening after a full day of closing arguments. Once they had selected a foreman, they took an initial vote, with 11 of the 12 jurors ready to convict Mr. Chauvin of manslaughter. The lone holdout told the group that the juror needed more time, Mr. Mitchell said, so the jurors had a chance to explain why they felt the charge fit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By the time it was the holdout\u2019s chance to speak, the juror had already come around, he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Their first vote on third-degree murder was again 11 to 1, with the same holdout, Mr. Mitchell said. This time, they called up testimony and different pieces of evidence. Jurors gave their own interpretation of the legal issues required to approve the charge. They also created their own timeline, relating various events to when Mr. Floyd stopped breathing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It took 3\u00bd hours to reach a consensus on third-degree murder, he said. By the time they discussed the second-degree charge, he said it only took another 20 to 30 minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A juror who served on the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin came forward this week to speak about the case so he can \u201chelp push for change.\u201dThe &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277113,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2120.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Chauvin Juror Speaks Out To \u2018Help Push For Change,\u2019 Suggests He\u2019s Been Pulled Over By Cops Because He\u2019s Black","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2120.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Chauvin Juror Speaks Out To \u2018Help Push For Change,\u2019 Suggests He\u2019s Been Pulled Over By Cops Because He\u2019s Black","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}