I will copy paste one of the best comments from a Locals board about one of the jurors being easily manipulated and not being fair:
In the KARE11 interview, juror Christensen states that one of the things that stuck in her head was State's Exhibit 17, an image she described as this:
"The still picture from the video, where his (Chauvin's) …
I will copy paste one of the best comments from a Locals board about one of the jurors being easily manipulated and not being fair:
In the KARE11 interview, juror Christensen states that one of the things that stuck in her head was State's Exhibit 17, an image she described as this:
"The still picture from the video, where his (Chauvin's) hand is in his pocket, kind of got to me. Almost like he was thinking, 'This is my job, don’t tell me what to do,' and he was not going to listen to what anybody had to say because he was in charge. That bothered me a little bit."
This is something that bothered Juror 97 enough that it was her response to a question about what she thought of Chauvin. The interviewer described the image as "the picture that resonated with Lisa Christensen." For Christensen, seeing Chauvin with his hand in his pocket so casually was something that she apparently couldn't shake, and one of the reasons she felt so "weird" when Chauvin would look at her and the Jury.
This was convincing enough "evidence" to Christensen that she mentioned it in an interview. The problem is, this literally never happened. Chauvin never had his hand is in pocket, and there is no image which shows what Christensen is claiming she sees.
Christensen's "Memento" -- which so strongly affected her and her perception of Chauvin -- is something that never even happened.
What actually happened is this: at the time of the arrest, Chauvin is wearing black gloves and black police uniform pants. His gloved hands are clearly seen in his own body cam before his body cam falls to the pavement during the struggle when Floyd manages to get out of Squad 320 through the rear passenger door.
Once Chauvin restrains Floyd on the pavement in the prone position, Chauvin's right hand holds Floyd's wrists at the handcuffs, which is clearly seen on the other body cams. Chauvin's left hand is free, but moves to different parts of his left upper leg (thigh) or to his belt (ie, he grabs his OC spray with his left hand).
The black gloves on the black pants gave the appearance that Chauvin's hand was in his pocket to someone who didn't look closely. But his hand was never in his pocket.
So, why am I pointing this out? Because this "event" that never happened affected this Juror so significantly that she was able to construct in her own mind all kinds of judgments about what Chauvin was supposedly thinking, what was his attitude, and even a short dialogue of what he might have wanted to say, ("Don't tell me what to do..." ). And this Juror based this on something that not only never happened, but something that even a very cursory review of the video makes clear that it never happened.
But she never even noticed, and apparently, no one ever corrected her.
I will copy paste one of the best comments from a Locals board about one of the jurors being easily manipulated and not being fair:
In the KARE11 interview, juror Christensen states that one of the things that stuck in her head was State's Exhibit 17, an image she described as this:
"The still picture from the video, where his (Chauvin's) hand is in his pocket, kind of got to me. Almost like he was thinking, 'This is my job, don’t tell me what to do,' and he was not going to listen to what anybody had to say because he was in charge. That bothered me a little bit."
This is something that bothered Juror 97 enough that it was her response to a question about what she thought of Chauvin. The interviewer described the image as "the picture that resonated with Lisa Christensen." For Christensen, seeing Chauvin with his hand in his pocket so casually was something that she apparently couldn't shake, and one of the reasons she felt so "weird" when Chauvin would look at her and the Jury.
This was convincing enough "evidence" to Christensen that she mentioned it in an interview. The problem is, this literally never happened. Chauvin never had his hand is in pocket, and there is no image which shows what Christensen is claiming she sees.
Christensen's "Memento" -- which so strongly affected her and her perception of Chauvin -- is something that never even happened.
What actually happened is this: at the time of the arrest, Chauvin is wearing black gloves and black police uniform pants. His gloved hands are clearly seen in his own body cam before his body cam falls to the pavement during the struggle when Floyd manages to get out of Squad 320 through the rear passenger door.
Once Chauvin restrains Floyd on the pavement in the prone position, Chauvin's right hand holds Floyd's wrists at the handcuffs, which is clearly seen on the other body cams. Chauvin's left hand is free, but moves to different parts of his left upper leg (thigh) or to his belt (ie, he grabs his OC spray with his left hand).
The black gloves on the black pants gave the appearance that Chauvin's hand was in his pocket to someone who didn't look closely. But his hand was never in his pocket.
So, why am I pointing this out? Because this "event" that never happened affected this Juror so significantly that she was able to construct in her own mind all kinds of judgments about what Chauvin was supposedly thinking, what was his attitude, and even a short dialogue of what he might have wanted to say, ("Don't tell me what to do..." ). And this Juror based this on something that not only never happened, but something that even a very cursory review of the video makes clear that it never happened.
But she never even noticed, and apparently, no one ever corrected her.
Source of her interview:
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/george-floyd/derek-chauvin-trial-alternate-juror-lisa-christensen/89-97b74eb1-c875-4ed5-93ad-5c72620b9f18
Exhibit 17:
https://cdn.locals.com/images/posts/originals/393864/393864_btiq3vjs1x6fk4x.jpeg