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Derek Chauvin UNBELIEVABLELY Pleads the Fifth - The Damage Report (Original Post) ItsjustMe Apr 2021 OP
Unbelievably? Not even close. TwilightZone Apr 2021 #1
The "UNBELIEVABLELY" is just dishonest clickbait. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #2
What a dumb headline. Ocelot II Apr 2021 #3
I wonder if his legal team ran through a few practice sessions with him testifying? Shermann Apr 2021 #4
Even I knew this Deuxcents Apr 2021 #5
I thought the most interesting point was that Chauvin's past violations might come into play during Martin68 Apr 2021 #6
Clickbait- it would be unbelievable if he didn't take the fifth. Nt Fiendish Thingy Apr 2021 #7
Dumbest Thing I've Ever Heard SoCalDavidS Apr 2021 #8

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
1. Unbelievably? Not even close.
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 05:17 PM
Apr 2021

It was pretty clear from the onset that he wouldn't testify. No one should be surprised.

Ocelot II

(131,242 posts)
3. What a dumb headline.
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 05:37 PM
Apr 2021

He was never going to testify, nor was he required to. Very few criminal defendants testify at their trials.

Shermann

(9,072 posts)
4. I wonder if his legal team ran through a few practice sessions with him testifying?
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 05:42 PM
Apr 2021

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)
5. Even I knew this
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 05:46 PM
Apr 2021

He’s 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)
6. I thought the most interesting point was that Chauvin's past violations might come into play during
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 06:23 PM
Apr 2021

cross-examination if he didn't plead the 5th, if I understood this correctly.

 

SoCalDavidS

(10,599 posts)
8. Dumbest Thing I've Ever Heard
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 07:59 PM
Apr 2021

There was ZERO chance he was going to take the stand. ZERO!

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