Prosecuting the police
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4.0 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
The trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd is underway in Minneapolis, and it represents a moment of grave importance in the fight against police brutality and abuse of power. First, Brandt Williams, MPR reporter who’s on the scene of the trial in Minneapolis, joins Michael Isikoff, Dan Klaidman and Victoria Bassetti to report on the trial’s opening days and on the mood in the city. Then, former DOJ veteran Kristy Parker joins to talk about the difficulties inherent in prosecuting police officers, and how the Garland Justice Department can take steps in the future to hold officers accountable. Our hosts also talk about the import and significance of Biden’s list of judicial nominees, headed by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
GUESTS:
- Brandt Williams (@BrandtMPR) Reporter, Minnesota Public Radio
- Kristy Parker (@KPNatsFan), Counsel, Protect Democracy
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Dan Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice
RESOURCES:
- “What Biden’s first list of judicial nominees tells us about his approach to the courts” by Ian Millhiser, Vox (Mar. 30, 2021)
- “Chauvin Trial: Witnesses say they felt anger, powerlessness as Floyd died” by Brandt Williams, MPR (Mar. 31, 2021)
- “Prosecute the Police” by Kristy Parker, The Atlantic (June 13, 2020)
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| 0:00.0 | Please do not be shy, Bruce. Please. |
| 0:15.0 | a Megavix |
| 0:28.9 | first heard them, the words still sting. |
| 0:31.9 | This week, the trial of police officer Derek Chauvin |
| 0:34.6 | for the murder of George Floyd got underway |
| 0:36.9 | in a Minneapolis courtroom. |
| 0:38.9 | It's a case in which the stakes couldn't be any higher, |
| 0:41.5 | a defining moment in a national debate |
| 0:44.0 | over race and policing that has been raging ever since |
| 0:47.2 | Floyd's cries of anguish were first captured |
| 0:49.9 | on cell phone video. |
| 0:52.1 | For prosecutors, it's also a case that is or ought |
| 0:54.6 | to be open and shut. |
| 0:56.2 | Chauvin had planted his knee on Floyd's neck |
| 0:58.7 | and for nine minutes and 29 seconds kept it there, |
| 1:02.3 | unmoved by the suspects anguish cries for help |
| 1:05.7 | or the pleas of a gathering crowd that he was killing him. |
| 1:09.4 | But Chauvin, like all defendants, gets to make his case |
| 1:12.2 | and his defense lawyer, Eric Nelson, |
| 1:14.1 | signaled in his opening statement |
| 1:15.8 | that he'll put the dead victim on trial, |
| 1:18.3 | playing up evidence that he says will show Floyd died |
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