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A Minnesota jury has found Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts. Chauvin was afforded the process to which he was due. After a mere 10 hours of deliberations, this jury made short work of sorting through the evidence and the wisdom of their verdict will be tested by appellate courts and historians. This swift verdict, however, does not mean the Chauvin defense was without merit nor was the prosecution’s case cut and dry. A different jury could have decided differently. Why? Because police use of force is oftentimes not as clear cut as the knee-jerk reactionists would have you believe. In fact...

Points here. first of all, if you want to quote the supreme court, 1989, graham v. conner, which was the objectionable reasonable standard for police in excessive use of force. if you take somebody into custody and rough somebody up, what should a reasonable officer in that instance do? that applies here, too. a reasonable officer would not have waited outside for 45 minutes while young children were being gunned down. >> there is no reverse precedent. >> chris, i'm with two lawyers, you are absolutely correct. it needs to be looked at. number two, cops are different from anyone else in the se...