I'm fascinated by the questioning of the young woman from Speedway in the trial

[nolabear]

She's so nervous, and has none of the glibness or experience speaking in front of people that even the dispatcher has. The defense attorney is having to work hard. It'll be interesting to see how he maneuvers, and how the defense does as well.

I assume there's going to be a lot of this, with various people and personalities. It's going to be a master class in courtroom procedures of a certain kind--eyewitness accounts.

On edit: Sorry, got my prosecutor and defense attorneys mixed up. First up is prosecutor.

[Dream Girl]

1. She doesn't seem nervous, she doesn't want to be there.

[nolabear]

3. Both, perhaps. He asked her if she was nervous and she said yes.

[Siwsan]

2. That prosecutor is VERY patient, that's for sure

Of course, anything else would make things much worse.

[Jim__]

4. I don't think she's making a good impression on the jury.

I wonder if she was this difficult to interview before the trial. Might just be nerves.

[nolabear]

5. I imagine there will be others.

[IcyPeas]

6. I wonder if all those bystanders will be witnesses?

[nolabear]

11. I'd expect the ones who were videoing it would be, or who were trying to stop him.

They clearly believed Mr. Floyd was in grave danger. Hearing why would be powerful.

[IcyPeas]

12. Mr. Williams, the current witness is really good.

He knows the wrestling moves . He was very observant.

[nolabear]

13. I missed his testimony! Darned life!

I keep reading how great he was. I hope I get to see it at some point.

[IcyPeas]

14. HLN are reviewing bits of it. He was incredible.

[MoonRiver]

7. She seems to be a low functioning young person,

with some (hostile?) issues toward authority.

[Raven]

8. The Defense is going to have to be very careful with this witness. I

went from thinking she was an idiot at first to feeling sorry for the poor kid. She doesn't want to be there; she can't think straight; and she's self conscious about her appearance. But I loved her line "you mean when they jacked him out of the car?"

[IcyPeas]

9. Those dispatchers are often very calm and professional... the job requires it...

And she's been doing it for 7 years. I thought she was very good on the stand.

The current witness is very anxious and nervous. I thought the attorney was very understanding with her.

[nolabear]

10. My sister was a dispatcher for 20 years. It's an interesting job.

Takes a lot of confidence and the ability to focus. I wasn't surprised when she said she hadn't noted the crowd, that she was focused on Chauvin and it felt wrong in her gut.