Good to hear though Healthcliffe is going through some tougher times, that there is optimism all will end well.

As for the Chauvin verdict - my guess no one really commented is because the outcome is not a surprise, nor a truly undeserving one.

My only complaint (and I'm not a lawyer) is hopefully elements of the offenses were present in the charges he was convicted of.  What I mean is, hopefully, all the elements of the more serious offenses were present in the charges so that upon appeal, the verdicts will not be overturned because they were not properly charged offenses.  Don't get me wrong - I'm not arguing for the setting aside of the convictions on appeal, only that I don't think the public's end interests are served when charging attorneys indict offenses out of social expediency rather than correct offenses. 

What concerns me is when this case does go through the appeal process the question of "intent" is going to be very important and the belief through that process that Chauvin did not "intend" to murder Floyd may allow for the overturning of his conviction on the murder charges. 

Now, what I find so disappointing in this conviction is how many people are not only excusing Chauvin's behavior (mostly with the "comply" argument) and those that feel he should not have been convicted. 

As I have expressed, in my entire policing career, I was NEVER taught it was permissible to put a knee on someone's neck UNLESS it was a life or death.  This clearly was not a deadly force incident, but Chauvin eventually turned it into one.  

One lesson legislatures can learn from this and these death cases is to write better legislation with heftier penalties for offenses related to official misconduct.  Something like a "death from misconduct or unlawful conduct." 

And here is something the legislature could do to help the police - beef up penalties for resisting arrest or fighting with the police.  Many people do not realize it, but in their current forms, these are two of the first types of offenses that prosecutors throw out the quickest (and at the same time, the police must be made to arrest people for these offenses with accuracy and good faith - what I mean by this is, not to arrest people for offenses like these as a matter of course).

Best wishes everyone...