I'm at a loss to figure out Chauvin's defense attorney's questioning

[Siwsan]

It's like he's just eating up time. The long and the short of it is, it's on video that Chauvin was still kneeling on George Floyd's neck AFTER he had gone limp, and the paramedics had to tell him to move.

I've no doubt Chauvin was in some sort of 'zone'.

[Ocelot II]

1. He tends to meander and seems to lose his focus.

Sometimes I can't tell what points he's aiming for. He's not a very compelling speaker and I wonder if he can hold the jury's interest.

[Siwsan]

4. It's such a contrast with the prosecutors

But at least he isn't getting gruff and aggressive with the witnesses.

[Ocelot II]

7. I'm sure he knows better than to do that, since all the witnesses

have been very sympathetic and genuine. Badgering them in any way would have backfired. I don't think he's an incompetent lawyer but he's not very good at taking whatever useful facts he has and focusing on them.

[Turbineguy]

2. I read that the strategy was to get a hung jury.

This could go on for years.

[LAS14]

3. I found it helpful to see posts here that explain that a defense attorney's...

... obligation is to throw as many ideas at the wall as possible in hopes that some stick and hang a jury. Apparently people in the know don't expect the defense arguments to be self consistent.

[Siwsan]

5. I think he's more apt to losing the jury, since he's offering no believable defense

Everything he's tried - like the behavior of the bystanders - gets swatted away on redirect.

[Ocelot II]

6. That's probably the strategy but you have to keep the jury awake

for that strategy to be effective. This guy doesn't seem to be able to make a point and move on, but just meanders and loses the plot.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

8. It's pretty clear what he's moving to

"George Floyd swallowed drugs in the suv parked outside the convenience store, after being accused of passing counterfeit money. The people in the suv with him were known from testimony to have sold him drugs"

This is where I see him going after questioning the girl friend.

[Jim__]

9. Yes: New court docs say George Floyd had "fatal level" of fentanyl in his system (Aug 2020 headline)

Note: This report is from August 2020. But, I believe this is where the defense is headed.

KareNews

...

Handwritten notes of a law enforcement interview with Dr. Andrew Baker, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, say Floyd had 11 ng/mL of fentanyl in his system.

"If he were found dead at home alone and no other apparent causes, this could be acceptable to call an OD. Deaths have been certified with levels of 3," Baker told investigators.

In another new document, Baker said, "That is a fatal level of fentanyl under normal circumstances."

But then Baker added, "I am not saying this killed him."

...

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

10. That was why he questioned the girlfriend

About the "unknown" pills.

[Jim__]

12. I agree.

[Treefrog]

13. This is difficult to watch. At least when he's talking.

[Windy City Charlie]

11. I'm sure there's a strategy

That's sometimes an attorney's trick. One, is to ask the same question, possibly re-wording it some, to see if the witness will answer the question differently. Also, if the trial goes on for awhile, that the jury will come back with a quick verdict. Problem with that strategy, though, is not knowing what the verdict would be.