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CHAUVIN SHOW TRIAL, THE FIX WAS IN

REVEALED: Chauvin juror who promised judge impartiality now says people should join juries ‘to spark some change', wore BLM shirt in 2020

A [black] juror on the Derek Chauvin trial who told the court that he had no prior knowledge of the George Floyd civil case was photographed last August wearing a shirt that read “Get your knee off our necks” and “BLM.” He stated last week that he saw jury duty as a means to “spark some change.”

A [black] juror on the Derek Chauvin trial who told the court that he had no prior knowledge of the George Floyd civil case was photographed last August wearing a shirt that read “Get your knee off our necks” and “BLM.” He stated last week that he saw jury duty as a means to “spark some change.”

Juror #52, now identified as Brandon Mitchell, reportedly told Judge Cahill on March 15 that he had no prior knowledge of the case prior to being summoned for jury duty.

Judge Cahill asked Juror #52, whether he heard anything about the #GeorgeFloyd
civil case. He says, no. He explained hearing some basic info about trial dates, etc
from the news in recent months, but nothing that would keep him from serving as
impartial juror. #ChauvinTrial

— Paul Blume (@PaulBlume_FOX9) March 15, 2021

Mitchell is the first juror in the Chauvin trial to speak openly about the deliberations.

Speaking in a show called Get Up! Mornings with Erica Campbell on April 27, Mitchell said that people should say yes to jury duty as a means to promote societal change.

“I mean it’s important if we wanna see some change, we wanna see some things going different, we gotta into these avenues, get into these rooms to try to spark some change,” he said. “Jury duty is one of those things. Jury duty. Voting. All of those things we gotta do.”

Here’s the moment Juror #52 (Brandon Mitchell) from the Chauvin trial talks
about jury duty as a means for societal change. pic.twitter.com/xewZitQXvq

— Janet (@janetburke27) May 2, 2021

According to Minneapolis’ FOX 9 reporter Paul Blume, who livetweeted the case on March 15, “Judge Cahill asked Juror #52, whether he heard anything about the #GeorgeFloyd civil case. He says, no. He explained hearing some basic info about trial dates, etc from the news in recent months, but nothing that would keep him from serving as impartial juror. #ChauvinTrial”

“Juror #52 wrote in his jury questionnaire that he wondered why other police officers at the scene did not intervene in #GeorgeFloyd deadly arrest. He recognizes the historic nature of the case. Defense says he is an acceptable juror. So state's turn to question,” Blume added.

Juror #52 wrote in his jury questionnaire that he wondered why other police officers
at the scene did not intervene in #GeorgeFloyd deadly arrest. He recognizes the historic
nature of the case. Defense says he is an acceptable juror. So state's turn to question.
#DerekChauvinTrial

— Paul Blume (@PaulBlume_FOX9) March 15, 2021

#52/6
1/2
-Black male: 30's
-In banking, coaches kids' sports
-Has witnessed police excessive force
-Discrimination is beyond what media can even report
-Police don't necessarily make him feel safe, but there are officers at his gym who are "great guys" #DerekChauvinTrial pic.twitter.com/C0KhYln9F9

— Serene ? (@MythSerene) April 18, 2021

In a Facebook post dated August 31, 2020, Brandon Mitchell was pictured (seen below) wearing a shirt with the words “Get your knee off our necks” and “BLM,” which is short for Black Lives Matter. This would directly contradict his claim that he had no prior knowledge of the case.

(Facebook screenshot)

In an interview with Mitchell on April 29, Mitchell told Law & Crime Network that the jury took “five or six hours” to determine the verdict.

WATCH: Find out which charge jurors immediately found ex-Minneapolis police officer
Derek Chauvin guilty of. Law&Crime’s Jesse Weber @jessecordweber has an in-depth
conversation with the first Derek Chauvin trial juror to talk about deliberations.
pic.twitter.com/7viTMSGgQG

— Law&Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) April 29, 2021

He stated that the jury “definitely figured out manslaughter within the first hour, right away,” adding that “third degree took maybe three and a half hours, second degree murder we figured out maybe thirty, forty-five minutes.”

Mitchell added that he wasn’t impressed by any of the witnesses Chauvin’s defense called up. (read more)

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