Juror who vowed impartiality in George Floyd case, despite donning BLM shirt, now touts jury duty as activism
Mitchell, a 31-year-old black man who coaches high school basketball in Minneapolis, where Floyd's infamous death occurred, reportedly told Judge Peter Cahill during jury selection in March that he hadn't heard anything about the George Floyd civil case. He said he may have heard some basic information in news reports about trial dates and whatnot, but nothing that would prevent him from serving as an impartial juror.
Mitchell also told Chauvin's defense lawyer during questioning that he didn't know whether Chauvin did anything wrong and that he believed the officer had no intention of harming anyone.
However, a Facebook post last August by Travis Mitchell, uncle of Brandon Mitchell, appears to show the future juror wearing a BLM hat and a BLM T-shirt with a message that alluded specifically to the George Floyd incident: “Get your knee off our necks.” Floyd died after Chauvin pinned him to the pavement, pressing his knee against his neck for more than nine minutes.
Was there a BLM plant in the Derek Chauvin jury? Brandon Mitchell, Juror # 52 in the Derek Chauvin case , was seen last summer (way before being summoned for jury duty) wearing a "Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" shirt along with a Black Lives Matter hat. #DerekChauvin#blmpic.twitter.com/7XIKEzOFWu
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