Youtube comments of Michele Long (@michelelong3205).

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  168. I believe in the American jury system, too. However, I feel those jurors should've been sequestered from the start. There was overwhelming media coverage of this case and I feel it was very probable that one or more were exposed to it. They might say they could still be objective and disregard all the chatter, but it's human nature to hold that in the back of our minds. The very fact that the civil settlement was reached and for such an exuberant amount BEFORE jurors had even been seated was preposterous alone. Darnella Frasier's YouTube video is very hard to watch. The first time I watched it I was appalled and angry, but like the rest of the world I did not know all the facts at the time. I prayed that a reasonable explanation would be forthcoming. I watched every moment of this trial LIVE, including the 3 weeks of juror selection with the presumption of innocense just as the jurors were instructed to do. After hearing all the testimony, I believe that murder is a stretch. I think public protests demanded the highest charge and the jury felt that pressure. Derek Chauvin is guilty of not rendering aid after George Floyd was nonresponsive. I believe he is guilty of 2nd degree manslaughter. I pray Judge Cahill does not give him the maximum sentence of all three charges he was found guilty of. I am also prayerful that police departments across our country will reexamine their training tactics on use of force, but just as importantly, their policies and procedures on handling suspects who are exhibiting a mental health crisis. I also believe that initially this was not a case about race, but in the aftermath became a catapult to voice the issue of racial injustice in our country. It is most certainly a conversation for change that needs to be had. I don't believe that racial profiling is a thing that the majority of law enforcement officers participate in and those that do are giving the rest a bad reputation. Our children should not grow up in fear of the police. They should be taught to obey the law and to comply when detained. LEOs put on that badge each day and leave their home and families knowing they may not come home. They are the first to be called when we the people cannot handle a situation on our own. They run toward danger and are willing to give their life for another. I am very concerned for the safety of our officers and the armchair judgments that every action they take in moments of crisis will be questioned and second-guessed. Are they accountable and held to a higher standard of behavior? Absolutely! But they are still human and subject to human error. I would not want to be an LEO in these times of unrest. Godspeed to all who continue to do it despite the negative image they've been given as a whole.
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  169.  @teresawicks9859  Well, I did go back and watch Brandon Mitchell's interviews. He is well spoken. He's made quite the circuit. I don't even pretend to know what it's like to have the life experiences of a Black man in America today! When I responded to your earlier comment, I had only seen two of his interviews. One with Gayle King on CBS This Morning and in that one, YOU are correct, he did NOT include himself when stating it might have an effect on some juror's opinion. But in the 2nd interview I watched on Good Morning America, he DID say people were curious and "it definitely did" make a difference. I knew I heard it somewhere. The one thing that bothered me about that interview was that he said George Floyd's " legacy was cemented in history." I disagree! GF did nothing honorable to create a legacy. His death caused a much needed conversation, but he wasn't some kind of saint. Because I looked it up, I decided to watch a couple more interviews. In the one he did for TODAY, he stated that there was curiosity for what DC had to say, but him not testifying did not change their verdict and he didn't know if it would've helped him if he did. I agree with him when he said he was waiting for the defense to have that "aww-ha moment" that explained what was going on. I was too and it never came! What bothered me in this interview is that he said he felt he had a "duty to represent his community" in this jury process. That leads me to strongly believe that he came into it feeling like he had to stand up for GF because he was a Black man. Right or wrong, that makes him a biased juror from the get-go in my opinion. Finally, I found an extended interview to KARE 11 that lasted 27 minutes. Again, he stated in this one that it made no difference to his vote of guilty that Chauvin didn't testify. However, he called Floyd a "martyr" and a "legend" which is absolutely absurd!!!! He obviously does not know the correct usage of those terms because GF did not die defending his beliefs. A legend CAN be someone famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed. So is that his legacy?
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  257. After viewing Officer's Alexander Keung and Thomas Lane's body cam footage, I do not believe either of them are guilty of aiding and abetting Officer Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. They were new cops taking lead from an experienced veteran of the MPD. This reminds me of my favorite movie of all time, A Few Good Men, where two marines were aquitted after causing the death of a fellow marine while executing an order given by a superior officer, but yet their conduct did result in them being dishonorably discharged for not standing up for what they felt was right. In the case of Derek Chauvin, I do not think the other officers felt it was their call to make at the time and pretty much were following the orders of a senior officer to leave George Floyd where he was until the ambulance arrived. These officers lost their careers for not standing up for what was right, but just like in the movie, they should not be convicted of a crime. I do, however, question why Officer Keung did not persist once he found no pulse in George Floyd to put him in a recovery position or perform CPR. Was his respect for a FTO (Field Training Officer) so great that he did not feel like he was able to question Officer Chauvin's actions? Another point of contention to consider in further prosecution involving this case is the actions of the 9-year veteran, Officer Tou Thao, who positioned himself between bystanders and fellow officers to protect the scene. He was wrong in baiting the bystanders by responding to their pleas with "This is why you don't do drugs kids!", but did he aid and abet Officer Chauvin? In a police interview after the fact, when asked why he did not intervene he stated that it was not his job to do so. He felt his only responsibility was to secure the scene and protect the responding officers from heavy traffic and a growing, angry crowd. I am really torn on this one.
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