Even court tv lawyers had him convicted before the trial, I found their reporting was biased.Sad fact of life, this was never about Chauvin personally and could have been anyone. It was a media circus, and a guilty verdict was decided months ago before the trial ever started. The prosecution, the media and everyone involved knew this was high profile trial with serious implications, and knew that a wrong verdict could set off a powderkeg.
This trial was never about finding the truth, which is what any, and every trial is suppose to be about and finding justice. Chauvin was tried in the media months ago, by the court of public opinion. I seriously doubt every jury member went into that trial as an impartial viewer of the facts and evidence of that case. I suspect, regardless of what they really said, that some probably already had their minds made up, that Chauvin, was guilty of murder, or at the very least, had to be the sacrificial lamb for the masses to quiet things down.