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I just had a fascinating sit-down interview with one of the alternate jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial.
Lisa Christensen was the juror who lived in Brooklyn Center. One night she could hardly make it home after testimony ended because of protesters blocking intersections.
Lisa Christensen was the juror who lived in Brooklyn Center. One night she could hardly make it home after testimony ended because of protesters blocking intersections.
Christensen thought Derek Chauvin was guilty.
Dr. Martin Tobin was the witness who influenced her the most toward that conclusion.
That demonstration where the jurors felt their necks? Extremely effective.
Much much much more to come after I start putting this together.
Dr. Martin Tobin was the witness who influenced her the most toward that conclusion.
That demonstration where the jurors felt their necks? Extremely effective.
Much much much more to come after I start putting this together.
We will have full stories on all the @kare11 newscasts today. Then my http://kare11.com story, I promise, will be a gold mine of information about how this juror processed every bit of this trial.
And for the record -- she did not know she was an alternate juror until the moment Judge Cahill said so.
She went home every night and took additional notes about how each witness.
"When he turned and said, Number 96, you’re an alternate, yeah, my heart broke a little bit."
She went home every night and took additional notes about how each witness.
"When he turned and said, Number 96, you’re an alternate, yeah, my heart broke a little bit."
This was shocking to me, but Christensen told me she and the other jurors didn't even share their real names and occupations with each other. Just called each other by juror number. Got along but mostly made small talk. Concerned about saying "too much."
As some suspected -- the 2019 incident involving George Floyd in one way ended up helping the prosecution. From Christensen's note: "George didn't die that day even though this arrest was similar to May 25th, 2020"
On eyewitness Donald Williams -- "He did a good job explaining the blood choke hold."
Christensen also noticed the lettering on the T-shirt underneath his white dress shirt.
Christensen also noticed the lettering on the T-shirt underneath his white dress shirt.
Talking with Christensen today made it apparent how much tougher the next trial, for the other three officers, will be for the state.
From finding a jury to convicting those officers.
From finding a jury to convicting those officers.
Here is the full Q and A with Juror 96. As well as contemporaneous notes she took while empaneled as a juror in the Derek Chauvin trial. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/george-floyd/derek-chauvin-trial-alternate-juror-lisa-christensen/89-97b74eb1-c875-4ed5-93ad-5c72620b9f18
