DEREK CHAUVIN'S CONVICTION: AMERICA WAS SAVED BY THE BELL OF A CORRECT VERDICT.

ICHEOKU says no other outcome would have been accepted or sufficient to save America from disastrous riots which would have engulfed the country and possibly rocked its foundations. But the jury rose up to the occasion, did the right thing by returning the correct and right verdict of guilty. Now, America lives to fight another day in the never ending battle of racial discord afflicting America. ICHEOKU says the verdict is evident that never again would an OJ Simpson style of "not guilty" verdict or a Rodney King's type of police brutality and the "not guilty" verdict of the police officers involved be tolerated or accepted in America. 

It is also a testament that violence induced fear always works in some situations to achieve a desired outcome, as those who make peaceful change impossible often times make violent change inevitable. Yes, black folks have been taking it by the chin and stoically for so long, but they have risen in unison to say not any more. They took to the streets last summer following the murder of George Floyd and America took notice. America became really afraid of the level of violence which black people were capable and able to unleash; and they do not want a repeat of that experience, not any more. The jurors are representatives of the American society and they took that specific knowledge with them into the jury room and came out, ten hours later, to say "Yes, we got it" by handing Derek Chauvin a guilty verdict on all the three counts charge. 

Their verdict is a strong message to all the police officers in America that their brutality will no longer be tolerated nor go unpunished. Hopefully, it will help moderate their interactions and encounters with the general public going forward, particularly black and colored people of America. Last summers George Floyd's death triggered riots cost 12 Americans their lives and caused $2 billion in property damages. This figures would have tripled had a wrong verdict been rendered in this case, triggering yet another riot. So, the juror somehow saved America much pain and agony, both in human toll as well as an otherwise cost overruns. Their guilty verdict was balmy and it helped soothe and calm down frayed nerves. ICHEOKU says America would have burned, but thankfully, it was spared the nightmare, saved by the bell of a right verdict. 

The case was an open and shut one anyway, as there was no better, more credible and stronger witness in the case than the video recording which captured Derek Chauvin in the act. The murder was captured on video and it took a long nine minutes to fully execute. The video could have easily successfully pass for a "res ipsa loquitur" and sufficient by itself to persuade the verdict. The rest of the presentations, witnesses and testimonies, were mere prosecutorial formalities, just extras and add-ons. Nobody is to blame for the verdict but Derek Chauvin himself, who arrogantly and intentionally murdered George Floyd in front of a recording video camera. The whole world watched the traumatizing gory spectacle as it unfolded and agreed in unison that the then Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd. Thankfully, the jurors have concurred and the matter should now rest. 

ICHEOKU says kudos to the no nonsense Judge Peter Cahill for studiously managing the case to its very successful conclusion. He was exceptional in making sure that the case does not run off course or morph into a theater of absurdity. He avoided unnecessary delays by denying the defendant's motion to dismiss and refusing their motion for a change of venue, as according to him, even the residents of Mars, if any, were aware of the case and there is no safer place to move the trial to than in Minneapolis Minnesota. Boy that judge was right, he is simply magisterial and he is a very stand up umpire in the temple of justice. Neither the prosecutors nor the defense made any special impact on ICHEOKU, so no opinion about them. 

Now, as the nation awaits Derek Chauvin's sentencing, lets hope that the judge will be mindful by giving him a commensurate lengthy prison term, otherwise the bullet which was dodged now might ricochet to strike America following a slap on the wrist sentence. ICHEOKU says kudos to the jurors for saving America further pains from the George Floyd's saga, which hopefully now ends. May his soul continue to rest.