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Vandals likely targeting expert in Derek Chauvin trial douses wrong Bay Area home in blood
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Santa Rosa police say a home once belonging to former officer Barry Brodd was splattered in what appeared to be animal blood on April 17, 2021.Santa Rosa Police Department/Handout
A group likely trying to send a message to a defense expert in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin splashed the wrong house in animal blood, police say.
A little after 3 a.m. Saturday, Santa Rosa police responded to a call from a home in west Santa Rosa. The victim said they d been awoken by the sound of individuals splashing blood and throwing a decapitated pig s head at the front of their home. Police said in a statement the home once belonged to Barry Brodd, who recently made headlines for his controversial testimony defending Chauvin s actions on the day George Floyd died.
CHICAGO (AP) â Attorneys and witnesses have used the words âreasonableâ or âunreasonableâ often at the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd s death.
It s no coincidence. The concept of reasonableness has been crucial at trials of officers ever since the landmark Graham v. Connor ruling 32 years ago by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Here is a look at the issue and the key role it s likely to play as Derek Chauvin s trial draws to a close.
WHAT WAS GRAHAM V. CONNOR ABOUT?
Before the Graham v. Connor ruling in 1989, lower courts were often at odds about how to determine whether an officer on trial used an unreasonable, and therefore illegal, amount of force.
Ramsey County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images(MINNEAPOLIS) The jury in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd has now heard nearly three weeks of at-times emotional testimony from over three dozen witnesses, as well as watched hours of video of Floyd's arrest. The court proceedings continue Monday morning with closing arguments from the prosecution and defense and final instructions for the jury, which will be sequestered while they deliberate to reach a verdict. Chauvin, 45, faces second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges in the death of Floyd, 46. Here are some of the major takeaways from the high-profile trial after 14 days of evidence. Chauvin, Hall invoke 5th Amendment A question throughout the trial had been whether Chauvin would testify in his own defense. On April 15, the last day of testimony, that question was answered. Before the jury entered the courtroom an
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