The Defense has begun its Closing Arguments to the jury.
With Chauvin removing his face mask in, IMO, an attempt to humanize himself before the jury and the jury can see him as a man looking at prison.
Defense counsel has been spending a lot of time thus far going through the different burdens of proof.
He is telling the jury that the jury has to consider the evidence in light of all of the other evidence.
And he is heavily repeating "reasonable doubt" during his arguments.
Defense counsel is emphasizing the objective reasonableness of the actions taken by a police officer depending on the circumstances of the situation.
The Defense now revives their argument about how big George Floyd was and how he "was on something/under the influence" of something at the time of his arrest.
Defense counsel: Derek Chauvin is presumed innocent until he is found to be guilty. There are conflicts in the evidence such that the State has failed to meet is burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
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