Reply To: According to the Torah, was Chauvin Allowed to Kill Floyd?

“The idea that he was prosecuted and convicted to appease the woke mob is simply a lie.”
It can definitely appear that way. People were literally lined up all around the country waiting to “peacefully protest” if they didn’t get the verdict they wanted. Every Police department in the country was on high alert. High ranking politicians including the president made it clear what the “right decision” was. I believe one of the alternate jurors even said in an interview that she would have said guilty to appease the mob. There is an interesting opinion piece in Newsweek from Mark Weaver comparing this trial to one in the 50’s where a murderer wound up walking free after a rushed trial was conducted to to appease the mob and was overturned on appeal.