“I think they asked if I attended any protests for George Floyd or anything for police brutality. My answer was no because I hadn’t,” Mr. Mitchell told WCCO-TV in Minneapolis. “This particular march was more so for voting, voter registration. Getting people out to get out and vote for the presidential election that was upcoming a couple months afterward … This was the only thing I attended.”
The march was held to commemorate the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, but the National Action Network billed it as the “Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks,” and several members of the Floyd family spoke.
Chauvin juror defends participation in March on Washington after social media post surfaces
In recent days, a photo of Brandon Mitchell that was originally posted on social media around the Aug. 28 event commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. s I Have a Dream speech began circulating online and on multiple news sites. Many online questioned his motive and its potential to fuel a possible appeal in Derek Chauvin s case.
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Brandon Mitchell, a juror in the Derek Chauvin trial for the death of George Floyd, speaks out about his experience. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune/TNS)
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Chauvin juror defends going to protest last year where Floyd s family spoke
In this April 28, 2021, file photo, Brandon Mitchell, a juror in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd, poses for a picture, in Minneapolis. Mitchell defended on Monday, May 3, 2021, his participation in protest in Washington last summer in the wake of online speculation about his motives for serving on the jury. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP File)
May 4, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd on Monday defended his participation in a protest last summer in Washington, D.C., following online speculation about his motives for serving on the jury and whether it might be grounds for appeal.
A photo, posted on social media, shows Brandon Mitchell, who is Black, attending the Aug. 28 event to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington. Floyd’s brother and sister, Philonise and Bridgett Floyd, and relatives of others who have been shot by police addressed the crowd.