Chauvin was the subject of at least 17 complaints during his career, according to police records, but only one led to discipline. Prosecutors sought permission to introduce eight prior use-of-force incidents, but the judge would only allow two. In the end the jury heard none.
Eric Nelson, Chauvin’s lawyer, has defended his client’s use of force as appropriate in potentially dangerous situations.
“I don’t have no sympathy for him. I think he got what he deserved,” Julian Hernandez, 38, a carpenter now working in Pennsylvania, told Reuters.
Nothing can undo the hate crime this racist murderer committed but I’m glad that this truly evil piece of shit got found guilty and I hope he dies in prison
“people” like Derek Chauvin are one of the most repulsive forms of evil that exist in the world