Surprisingly enough, the slam dunk is gonna be the expert witness who testifies that the knee to the neck maneuver was in fact a part of training and they will go on to explain why. Then they bring on a MD to then explain why it didn't kill him and why it wouldn't.

I know we all are pretty stilted here concerning the fairness of the judicial system but there isn't anyway around this fact. A jury will be instructed that making a decision on whether the knee to the neck is a legitimate method is not for them to decide. They will not be able to show mens rea.

Now they could pull in all sorts of nonsense like racist comments and potential indications that although the knee to the neck was part of training Chauvin knew it could kill (it can't btw and I'm fuckin' tired of people saying dumb shit like "Look, there is no reason to lean on a mans neck for 9 mins". Right and he didn't. His knee is just above his neck and that can be seen in the video).

Surprisingly enough, the slam dunk is gonna be the expert witness who testifies that the knee to the neck maneuver was in fact a part of training and they will go on to explain why. Then they bring on a MD to then explain why it didn't kill him and that the maneuver used in this case why it wouldn't.

I know we all are pretty stilted here concerning the fairness of the judicial system but there isn't anyway around this fact. A jury will be instructed that making a decision on whether the knee to the neck is a legitimate method is not for them to decide. They will not be able to show mens rea.

Now they could pull in all sorts of nonsense like racist comments and potential indications that although the knee to the neck was part of training Chauvin knew it could kill (it can't btw and I'm fuckin' tired of people saying dumb shit like "Look, there is no reason to lean on a mans neck for 9 mins". Right and he didn't. His knee is just above his neck and that can be seen in the video).