Floyd died while being pinned to the ground by Chauvin following a capture for the claimed use of artificial money in Cup Foods in Minneapolis in May last year. A jury condemned Chauvin of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree killing after closing cases concluded on April 19.
One of the 12 jurors who judged at the trial, Brandon Mitchell, a 31-year-old high school basketball coach who has disclosed himself, told news outlets in Minneapolis that on Aug. 28 last year, he served a march in Washington where Floyd’s siblings were present.
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A photo from the occurrence showed Mitchell wearing a black T-shirt with a picture of Martin Luther King Jr. embellished with the terms “Get your knee off our necks,” and “BLM,” which stands for Black Lives Matter, as well as a baseball cap that says “Black Lives Matter.”
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Mitchell on Monday told the Star Tribune that his uncle posted the image on social media during the event, a commemoration of the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech from 1963.
Mitchell alleged that the event was not a demonstration of Floyd’s death or against police brutality. All 12 jurors were asked during selection if they had visited any such events as part of a 14-page inquiry, as well as for their views on the Black Lives Matter organization.
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Mitchell responded “no” to a question asking if he, or anyone related to him, had ever attended or played in such events, according to the Star Tribune. Mitchell claimed he had been honest as a juror about his positive view of the BLM movement.
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“I think they asked if I attended any protests for George Floyd or anything for police brutality. My answer was no because I hadn’t,” he told WCCO-TV in Minneapolis. “This particular march was more for voting, voter registration. Getting people out to get out and vote for the presidential election that was upcoming a couple months afterward … This was the only thing I attended.”
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“It was huge to get people geared for voter turnout, so being a part of that, being able to attend, you know, the same location where Martin Luther King gave his speech was a historic moment,” Mitchell added. “Either way, I was going to D.C. for this event, even if George Floyd was still alive.”
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He separately told the Star Tribune that attending the August event was an “opportunity to be around thousands and thousands of black people” and “to be a part of something.”
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