Juror in Chauvin trial: You re watching someone die on a daily basis
Brandon Mitchell is the first juror to speak publicly, telling media outlets he thought deliberations could have ended after 20 minutes.
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CBS This Morning on Wednesday, as well as shared his story with gospel artist Erica Campbell on her podcast earlier this week.
One juror held up deliberations There wasn t too much banter back-and-forth, Mitchell told
Good Morning America, noting he thought deliberations could have lasted 20 minutes. I think the one juror that was kind of I wouldn t say slowing us down but was being delicate with the process more so, was just kind of hung up on a few words within the instructions and just wanted to make sure that they got it right.
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Good Morning America, one of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd opened up about the trial and the deliberations that led to the three guilty verdicts against the former Minneapolis police officer.
Brandon Mitchell, known during the trial as Juror 52, told Robin Roberts it wasn t easy being in the courtroom for the proceedings, in which footage of Floyd s murder was repeatedly shown, and watching somebody die on a daily basis.
Mitchell, 31, a basketball coach at North Community High School in Minneapolis, also said the jury did not watch news coverage of the trial, and that the racial climate in the United States did not factor into the 12 jurors decisions.
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Replay Video UP NEXT Brandon Mitchell, juror 52 in the trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, said being in the courtroom for the high-profile case was like watching somebody die on a daily basis. But Mitchell, a 31-year-old basketball coach at North Community High School in Minneapolis, said he and the other 11 jurors didn t watch the news during the trial or deliberations, so they weren t aware of the racial climate or protests going on outside.MORE: Police reform advocates on what ‘justice’ for George Floyd really means