It's a valid point, jury selection "voir dire" will be key O J's team was able to select a nearly all black jury. I suspect that in this case jury selection will decide if this man gets a fair trial.

It's a far more complicated process in the US and rich defendants actually employ Jury Selection Experts like. TV show Bull.

You cannot bar someone for race or religion so they have to find other excuses if that is their real intent.

One more point

I may well be totally wrong, but as they're going for 2nd degree, don't they either convict or otherwise on that basis?

I just looked up the US definition for 2nd degree murder.. I feel that the chance of a realistic prosecution is strong..

Any person of reasonable firmness will know that kneeling on someone's neck could potentially cause catastrophic injury... No matter what the circumstances and resistance beforehand he simply cannot justify the action that he took.

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

Wow really?? I never knew that... Quite unbelievable really... We certainly never had that method in the Met Police training manual

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

yep, it was in the training manual. And Derek Chauvin was the senior (training) officer of the group.

Just a moot point, but restraint on the neck was largely unnecessary, as the suspect was already 'cuffed, and on the floor.

As long as Chauvin is alive, i hope he is extremely fearful for his life/safety, to the utter detriment of any possible hope of a few seconds of enjoyment.

"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

Of course you do. Boris didnt die by the way.
That must sadden you greatly.