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I am not an attorney. Minds so trained might know of legal factors that pertain. This is a thought exercise based on principle and morality, phenomena not always encountered in courtrooms.<\/p>

Read more JD Vance Dishonored Himself for Tucker Carlson<\/a><\/p>\n

Cause for fair-minded men to question one-time officer Derek Chauvin’s culpability in the death of George Floyd has always existed. Floyd was an odd selection for placards, t-shirts, and martyrdom; his criminal record included leveling a gun at the distended belly of a pregnant woman.<\/p>\n

The first coroner’s report (there were two — the second commissioned by Floyd’s family) cited fentanyl intoxication and recent methamphetamine use as factors that contributed to Floyd’s death.<\/p>\n

The second, again, arranged by Floyd’s relatives, did not. Both reports classed Floyd’s death as the result of homicide by asphyxiation.<\/p>\n

Reportedly, Floyd told officers he had difficulty breathing the moment he exited his vehicle, prior to any officer’s putting hands on him.<\/p>\n

Too, it has been asserted that the knee-on-neck posture Chauvin used was recommended in official training he’d received, and that a department representative who testified contrarily was lying. That bears reconsideration.<\/p>\n

A fair-minded man — not tossed by emotion this way or that — might well deem a new trial and objective reexamination of all pertinent evidence as proper. Herein, then, lies the question. (And suspension of set perspective is necessary to participation.)<\/p>\n

It is a matter of principle, as well as of American jurisprudence, that an innocent man not be imprisoned. Chauvin should be freed, lest a new trial finds guilt.<\/p>\n

But…<\/p>\n

Recall the summer of 2020, when the tragedy was in headlines: Mass riots roiled the nation; cities burned; attacks on passersby were perpetrated; mobs filled avenues chanting for police deaths; unscrupulous politicians leapt atop the awful tide, cheering on the ugly cause of criminals; and mayhem resulted in billions of dollars in wreckage.<\/p>

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Lest such terror\u00a0again be reality, Chauvin’s liberty must not be restored to him.<\/p>\n

Wait, though — that means keeping a man possibly innocent of any offense behind bars. And that would be a roaring violation of principle.<\/p>\n

Here is my own conclusion (with which I am not entirely comfortable):<\/p>\n

Perhaps Chauvin could be judged guilty of a lesser offense, should asphyxiation be recognized as but one of several contributory elements.<\/p>\n

We can control only our own actions. We exercise no complete control over those that others choose, be they positive or negative. Therefore, as a just and principled society (at least theoretically), we must grant Chauvin a new and wholly open trial. (Perhaps he could be held awaiting its outcome.)<\/p>\n

Yes, sadly, fresh violence and arson are 99.99% likely. But the system, and law-abiding citizens, would bear no direct responsibility.<\/p>\n

A reasonable man could judge that violent, mass unlawful reaction by others would be likely. But an innocent man should not be wrongly punished by us to forestall possible wrongs. Period.<\/p>\n

Iowa’s DC Larson is the author of <\/strong><\/em>That a Man Can Again Stand Up<\/strong> and <\/strong><\/em>Ideas Afoot<\/strong>. He counts among freelance credits <\/strong><\/em>Daily Caller<\/strong>, The <\/strong><\/em>Iowa Standard<\/strong>, <\/strong><\/em>American Thinker<\/strong>, and numerous heartland newspapers. His political blog is American Scene Magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>

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