If memory serves, and its impossible to find any useful fucking information anymore on the topic, it was just basic police corruption shit. Taking money to help or look the other way on drug running and other criminal enterprises in the area. The kind of problem that is unfortunately super common in any police department.
Which would be dismissable as just more slandering among the many about him, but part of that discussion was that he knew Floyd from that crowd and had some prior associations with him, though nothing deep. As acknowledging Floyd was that much of a criminal was anathema to anyone out to tar Chauvin, it holds some weight.
Floyd's drug dealer was in the passenger seat. That's how Floyd got the speed balls. I bet you money that the Chauvin probably knew the dealer more than Floyd, but new Floyd's record, and thought "oh, these fuckers are up to no good."
They had a Federal case cooking in the background incase the jury came to the wrong conclusion. Most of that was over tax fraud because Chauvin had a lifestyle well above his reported income.
There was also talk about how he was one of Klobuchar's pet cops when she was the DA in Minneapolis.
I saw a lot of Law people at the time saying he had every sign of being a dirty cop. He just happened to be innocent this time.
Not tax fraud. Chauvin failed to submit tax returns, for exactly the reason you suggest.
Chauvin was undoubtedly on the take, and he didn't submit tax returns to avoid leaving his bribes undeclared income. If you just don't file taxes, they can get you for a small fine. If you actually lie, you can do prison time.
Chauvin deserves a pardon. He is literally a political prisoner
What's funny is Chauvin absolutely deserves to be in prison for all the other bullshit he was up to prior.
But they put him in prison for the one time he was mostly acting like an actual police officer.
what'd he do?
If memory serves, and its impossible to find any useful fucking information anymore on the topic, it was just basic police corruption shit. Taking money to help or look the other way on drug running and other criminal enterprises in the area. The kind of problem that is unfortunately super common in any police department.
Which would be dismissable as just more slandering among the many about him, but part of that discussion was that he knew Floyd from that crowd and had some prior associations with him, though nothing deep. As acknowledging Floyd was that much of a criminal was anathema to anyone out to tar Chauvin, it holds some weight.
Floyd's drug dealer was in the passenger seat. That's how Floyd got the speed balls. I bet you money that the Chauvin probably knew the dealer more than Floyd, but new Floyd's record, and thought "oh, these fuckers are up to no good."
They had a Federal case cooking in the background incase the jury came to the wrong conclusion. Most of that was over tax fraud because Chauvin had a lifestyle well above his reported income.
There was also talk about how he was one of Klobuchar's pet cops when she was the DA in Minneapolis.
I saw a lot of Law people at the time saying he had every sign of being a dirty cop. He just happened to be innocent this time.
Not tax fraud. Chauvin failed to submit tax returns, for exactly the reason you suggest.
Chauvin was undoubtedly on the take, and he didn't submit tax returns to avoid leaving his bribes undeclared income. If you just don't file taxes, they can get you for a small fine. If you actually lie, you can do prison time.