Even if you are supported by your local DA/PA you might get screwed over by the DOJ.  

This case is going to be making a lot of appeals in the future.  Depending on how the appeals go, this could result in either good case law or very bad case law.  


https://www.lawofficer.com/doj-had-backup-plan-to-arrest-derek-chauvin-if-he-was-found-not-guilty/


DOJ had ‘backup’ plan to arrest Derek Chauvin if he was found not guilty


MINNEAPOLIS — The Justice Department reportedly had a contingency plan to arrest former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin at the Minneapolis courthouse and charge him with civil-rights violations if he was found not guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, or if the case ended in a mistrial.

According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, federal investigators had been building a police brutality case for months against Chauvin and the three other former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection with Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020.

Reportedly, under the contingency plan, the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office would have filed a criminal complaint to charge Chauvin, so he could be immediately arrested, and then asked a grand jury for an indictment, Western Journal reported.

The “backup plan” was not needed since the state jury found Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter on April 20.

Now that the murder trial is over, the DOJ is purportedly moving forward with its case, according to reports.

The federal prosecutors will ask a grand jury to indict Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao on civil rights violations, an anonymous source told the Star Tribune.

The federal grand jury was empaneled in Minneapolis in February, The New York Times reported.

If the grand jury voted to indict the officers, they could all face another criminal trial in federal court.

Federal authorities reportedly want to indict all four officers in connection with Floyd’s death, and Chauvin specifically for the aggressive arrest of a 14-year-old boy in 2017, as well.

https://www.lawofficer.com/chauvin-juror-change-blm/



Chauvin juror who promised judge impartiality said serving can ‘spark some change’



Minneapolis, MN – One of the jurors who served on the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin reportedly sported a Black Lives Matter T-shirt with a reference to the death of George Floyd. The recently released photo potentially contradicts what Juror #52 told Judge Cahill prior to the trial.

Brandon Mitchell, who told the court that he had no prior knowledge of the George Floyd civil case was photographed last August wearing a shirt that read “Get your knee off our necks” and a hat that says “Black Lives Matter.”

He stated last week that he saw jury duty as a means to “spark some change.”

According to a report from The Post Millennial, now-public juror Brandon Mitchell, 31, is seen in a Facebook post depicting the photo in August 2020.

The photo was posted by a Travis Mitchell with the caption, “The next Generation being socially active representing in DC my son Marzell, my nephew Brandon Rene Mitchell, and brotha Maurice Jauntiness Johnson.”

Who could have possibly seen this coming?



https://www.lawofficer.com/disparity-of-victimization-among-blacks-surges-in-minneapolis-along-with-violent-crime/


Disparity of victimization among “blacks” surges in Minneapolis—along with violent crime

Roughly 80% of shooting victims in Minneapolis are "black"

Minneapolis — Violent crime has skyrocketed in Minneapolis in the year following the death of George Floyd—and the “de-fund the police” efforts by Minneapolis politicians. Even worse, homicides have reached the second-highest level in the city’s history: 83 homicides occurred along with 5,426 violent crime the Daily Mail reported.

The last time homicides reached this alarming rate happened in 1995, when Minneapolis became known as “Murderapolis.” Crime statistics for the current year indicate that violence is increasing: roughly 1,400 violent crimes have already been reported, and indicators suggest Minneapolis may suffer more than 100 homicides.

In referring to the worst historical crime in the city, a Minneapolis police officer told journalist Michael Tracey in a report published on Substack sounded the alarm: “We’re gonna blow Murderapolis off the charts this year.”

The officer’s remarks are not hyperbole, especially considering that the city’s gunshot detection data shows more than 24,000 bullets were fired across Minneapolis last year.

Even more alarming, amid the demands for “justice” and chants of “black lives matter,” the violence in Minneapolis has ironically led to a hyper-victimization of blacks. Roughly 80 percent of the shooting victims in Minneapolis are “Black” as the Daily Mail noted.

Clearly, the fact that 80 percent of shooting victims are “black” indicates a significant disparity—and one that is strangely being discussed by a British newspaper—and practically ignored by the media in Minneapolis and American overall. And it seems politicians at the local, state, and national level are ignoring the facts of this disparity as well.

In echoing the remarks made by the Minneapolis police officer, nationally recognized law enforcement trainer Travis Yates told Law Officer that, “with violent crime at historical levels, and all the talk of disparity and law enforcement, it seems odd that nobody is talking about the unfortunate disparity regarding the victims of violence.”

Yates says that the media and politicians are causing public harm by ignoring victims: “While America should be coming together and work toward stopping the incredible disparity of violent crime victimization that exists in African American communities, as in Minneapolis, it’s hardly talked about and the real scandal is that no one seems to care.”

Yates, who is also an expert on police leadership and author of “The Courageous Police Leader,” explained that, “of course, cops care about victims whose lives impact the lives of police officers in so many profound ways. And I can tell you without a doubt that law enforcement officers in Minneapolis care deeply about their city. But when any particular community or demographic group suffers violence more than others—and so-called leaders remain silent about it—silence and lack of leadership are not going to make the problem go away.”

Likewise, Minneapolis officers who spoke to journalist Michael Tracey said the negative attitudes toward police, along with the push to defund Minneapolis PD, has made Minneapolis seem more like the ‘Wild Wild West’ than the progressive city it claims to be.

Unfortunately, the Wild Wild West landscape—and the rise of violent crime and alarming disparity of “black” victimization—does not seem to be limited to Minneapolis. For example, similar disparities in victimization exist in New York City, where 71 percent of the homicide victims were “black,” and also Chicago, where 80 percent of the homicide victims were “black.”

Oh well. You got what you wanted.  

https://www.lawofficer.com/black-business-owners-at-george-floyd-square-desperate-for-help-as-crime-spikes-and-revenue-dives/



Black business owners at George Floyd Square desperate for help as crime spikes and revenue dives

Entrepreneurs say they've become a 'sacrificial lamb' of the Black Lives Matter movement

MINNEAPOLIS — Black-owned businesses surrounding the area where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis last year say they are in desperate need of help from police.

Black merchants operating on the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, known as George Floyd Square, are struggling to stay open due to rampant crime and say police have blocked off the intersection, creating a dangerous autonomous zone, according to the New York Post.

“The city left me in danger,” the owner of Smoke in the Pit said Thursday, two days after Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder for Floyd’s death, Washington Examiner reported. “They locked us up on here and left us behind.”

Left-wing militants have reportedly been patrolling the autonomous zone around the Floyd memorial, and business owners say crime has spiraled out of control as a result.

“The situation at the memorial, from what I understand, is its kind of volatile,” Kim Griffin, a Minneapolis resident, said last month, Law Officer reported. “People that want to go and support doesn’t feel a sense of inclusion. There is more of a like militant-type atmosphere over there and a sense of fear.”

Griffin should know as she has a unique perspective. Her nephew, Imez Wright, was gunned down within the zone in March. She said activists blocked police from responding.

“Police were not allowed to get into that area; he was carried out outside of the zone of George Floyd Square,” she said. “It was made clear law enforcement was not welcome to penetrate that zone, which is an atrocity because his life was taken, and I mean who knows whether or not he would have survived had things been different.”

Meanwhile, several stores on the block are boarded up, and the New York Post reported that many owners and workers were afraid to comment about the dire situation due to fear of reprisal.

“Look around. Things are empty,” said Richard Roberts, who works at a nearby church. “What can we do about it?”

As a result of the grim circumstances, a GoFundMe page has been created to help owners mitigate losing 75% of their revenue since the memorial was established.

“Following the killing of George Perry Floyd Jr. and the reduction of the Minneapolis Police Department, there has been uncontrollable crime in this city,” the page stated. “Carjackings have nearly tripled and cars and catalytic converters are being stolen at high rates. Reports of bullets whizzing through the streets, businesses, innocent unintended residence homes, into cars and walls are plentiful. There is constant gunfire day and night, through all seasons despite the belief that winter would slow crime and gunfire it has not! In fact these Black businesses have suffered a similar fate having windows shot out from random gunfire, cars stolen, customers not patronizing businesses due to fear of violence in the neighborhood and throughout the city.”

The page also stated that the black-owned businesses have become a “sacrificial lamb” of the Black Lives Matter movement and that “in the fight for justice we must not forget the fight of economic justice of once thriving community.”

Police have said they are planning to send more support to the area but so far have not, according to the business owners, the Washington Examiner reported.

https://www.lawofficer.com/minneapolis-workers-comp-claims-will-cost-city-nearly-35m-in-payouts/


Minneapolis workers’ comp claims will cost city nearly $35M in payouts
200 former police officers and firefighters who left amid civil unrest say they suffered physical injuries or PTSD

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis leaders are working to sign off on workers’ compensation packages totaling close to $35 million to be paid to former police officers who left the force amid the civil unrest that happened in the wake of the death of George Floyd last May, according to a report.

Some 200 former Minneapolis police and firefighters left the department after claiming to have suffered physical injuries or post-traumatic stress in the subsequent riots that occurred, including the burning of the 3rd precinct.

Ron Meuser, an attorney representing the former law enforcement officers, is working to settle the workers’ compensations packages with City Hall, and settlements require approval by City Council. One package is for $250,000, though Meuser estimates settlements average about $175,000 each, Fox 9 Minneapolis reported.

City Council began signing off on settlements last month, though officials will stagger payouts over the next several years to ease the financial impact. “I think they felt for a long, long time that the community doesn’t want them, doesn’t respect them and doesn’t care about them,” Meuser told Fox 9.

Chauvin was convicted last month in the murder and manslaughter of Floyd and is now facing federal civil rights charges. During jury selection, Minneapolis officials announced a record $27 million civil settlement to be paid to Floyd’s family, Law Officer reported.

The Minneapolis Police Department experienced a mass exodus of officers following Floyd’s death. Just 645 sworn officers are currently out on the streets, as more than 80 remain on leave. Full capacity is 888. That falls in conjunction with the spike in violent crime in the city.

Mayor Jacob Frey and Ward 4 Councilmember Phillipe Cunningham shared a heated email exchange earlier in the week after Sunday night’s violence left one person dead and a total of seven shot across Minneapolis over the span of eight hours, Fox reported.

“Why are Black lives in north Minneapolis not being prioritized urgently?” Cunningham wrote in an email to the mayor.

But Frey shot back, arguing Cunningham’s public commitment to defunding and abolishing the police department, as well as his “absolute lack of support for adequate police staffing levels have detracted from the essential work at great cost to the city of Minneapolis.”

Minneapolis, like most major cities, has seen a major spike in violent crime in the “defund the police” era.

PDF of Officer Chauvin’s appeal.


https://mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/High-Profile-Cases/27-CR-20-12646/MCRO_27-CR-20-12646_Memorandum_2021-06-02_20210602150804.pdf



What a fucking joke that prosecution and judge are.

Well Minneapolis officers….we now know for certain you all are fucked by your CJ system and your public. I’m sorry that the people who live there are so useless. Hopefully the death rate will climb for the people who live in Minneapolis. Don’t even smile and wave….put your head down and drive the other way. Fuck them all.

The jury pool in Minneapolis is full of idiots.  



https://www.lawofficer.com/george-floyd-protester-who-fired-at-police-acquitted-of-all-charges/

George Floyd protester who fired at police acquitted of all charges

MINNEAPOLIS — A man charged with attempted murder after firing on Minneapolis police officers during a George Floyd protest in May 2020 has been acquitted of all counts.

According to lawyers for the accused man, Jaleel Stallings, he acted in self-defense. Attorneys claimed he fired three shots from a handgun at an unmarked white van after being struck by rubber projectiles, believing he was under attack by individuals other than law enforcement personnel, the Associated Press reported.

No officers were injured during the attack. Stallings, 29, of St. Paul, quickly surrendered after after the shooting, court documents revealed.

According to the New York Post, Stallings had been charged with two counts of second-degree attempted murder, multiple counts of assault and other charges.