Tucker Carlsons reaction to Derek Chauvins conviction was to cast doubt on the jurors who decided he murdered George Floyd

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Tucker Carlsons reaction to Derek Chauvins conviction was to cast doubt on the jurors who decided he murdered George Floyd

After the conclusion of the Derek Chauvin murder trial, Tucker Carlson's reaction Tuesday night was to question the jury's motivation in reaching its guilty verdict.

A few hours earlier, a jury of five men and seven women returned a unanimous guilty verdict on all three counts against Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.

Chavin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter. The verdict came about a year after footage circulated of the white police officer Chauvin kneeling on the neck of Floyd, a Black man, for several minutes. Floyd's death sparked international protests, sometimes-violent unrest, and a national conversation in America about racial injustice.

On Tuesday's "Tucker Carlson Tonight," the Fox News star characterized the verdict not as an impartial decision based on the trial but rather the jurors' way of saying "Please don't hurt us."

It was part of a longer opening monologue suggesting that the jury was spurred by fear of rioting by people who would have been angered by a verdict of not guilty.

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Date Posted: Wed, 21 Apr 2021, 04:26 pm

Tags: Tucker Carlson,Derek Chauvin

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