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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 10:59 PM Apr 2021

Derek Chauvin wrote lawyer's phone number on hand prior to guilty verdict

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Derek Chauvin wrote his lawyer’s phone number on his hand in preparation for a guilty verdict, according to multiple reports.

After Chauvin was convicted Tuesday for the murder of George Floyd, he was shown exiting the courtroom in handcuffs, with ink on his left hand.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-derek-chauvin-hands-phone-number-lawyer-20210421-r6wwvgaggjdt7jofmkeo4p57kq-story.html

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Derek Chauvin wrote lawyer's phone number on hand prior to guilty verdict (Original Post) soothsayer Apr 2021 OP
One would think he'd know it by now. TwilightZone Apr 2021 #1
He probably doesn't have his phone anymore. LastDemocratInSC Apr 2021 #7
That's what any sane prisoner does. Jirel Apr 2021 #2
I wonder if that help line has a 9 minute delay. CentralMass Apr 2021 #6
He's known the verdict for some time. The video and 9+ minutes. n/t Hoyt Apr 2021 #3
'Chauvin, 45, was taken to a maximum security prison in Minneapolis, according to local Fox affiliat riversedge Apr 2021 #4
You would think he had time to memorize it in between the time he ColinC Apr 2021 #5

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
1. One would think he'd know it by now.
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 11:00 PM
Apr 2021

But that is an interesting thing.

Edit: when I told my partner about this, she said it's probably on his phone like everything else so he doesn't have to remember it. Of course that makes sense.

Jirel

(2,384 posts)
2. That's what any sane prisoner does.
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 11:00 PM
Apr 2021

You write down the important number to call for help.

riversedge

(81,535 posts)
4. 'Chauvin, 45, was taken to a maximum security prison in Minneapolis, according to local Fox affiliat
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 11:15 PM
Apr 2021


Chauvin, 45, was taken to a maximum security prison in Minneapolis, according to local Fox affiliate KMSP.


https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-derek-chauvin-hands-phone-number-lawyer-20210421-r6wwvgaggjdt7jofmkeo4p57kq-story.html

ColinC

(11,098 posts)
5. You would think he had time to memorize it in between the time he
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 11:16 PM
Apr 2021

murdered a man last year, and now.

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