The final debate before the jury, much like the trial that preceded it, was largely about whether this was all as bad as it looked.
For the prosecution, the answer was a simple yes. “Believe your eyes,” Mr. Schleicher told the jury. “What you saw, you saw.”
Above all, there was a still image of Mr. Chauvin, kneeling on Mr. Floyd, hand on hip, head cocked to the side, staring into the bystander’s camera. He’s looking directly at the viewer, which in the language of image, says that he is aware.
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