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(28,836 posts)It was pretty clear from the onset that he wouldn't testify. No one should be surprised.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Ocelot II
(131,242 posts)He was never going to testify, nor was he required to. Very few criminal defendants testify at their trials.
Shermann
(9,072 posts)Maybe he doesn't have the right charisma to pull that off.
Maybe there's more to the story that they don't want to surface.
I wouldn't like my position pleading the 5th with all that evidence against me.
Deuxcents
(27,715 posts)Hes a coward who murdered an unarmed man. A man he knew as both were security guards for a club. Nine plus minutes n he never budged even after Mr Floyd had passed. Pure murder in my book.
Martin68
(28,072 posts)cross-examination if he didn't plead the 5th, if I understood this correctly.
Fiendish Thingy
(24,098 posts)SoCalDavidS
(10,599 posts)There was ZERO chance he was going to take the stand. ZERO!
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