re: Derek Chauvin trial - GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES. Update: His sentencing is today

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But I am under the impression GF was in possession of a lot of counterfeit bills.

He didn't just get unlucky and get it back when he broke a hundred somewhere...

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Not only that, but GF was not cooperative with the initial investigation, so it would have been well within police jurisdiction to take someone in for further questioning, based on reasonable suspicion.

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only thing I can figure out is the state knows that information is bound to come out one way or the other. So they figure it is best they bring it out in hopes to mitigate further damage to their already damaged case.

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I don't believe this was part of their original strategy but Nelson had done such a dynamic job of steering the trial in the direction he wants has caused them to change into this direction. Imo the prosecution has done a poor job of having a clear game plan and seems disorganized. With Nelson you see where he is going and you have a clear understanding.

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Twitter is by far the worst of the social media platforms IMO. It gives every idiot a platform to spew their BS, and of course the loudest ones to receive the most attention are often these idiots.

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Not to mention the fact that Twitter intentionally silences any fair point that does not push their overall woke narrative. It’s a disgusting cesspool of progressive scum misinformation. But at least we will get riots because of it.

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Twitter is by far the worst of the social media platforms

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+ Eleventy Billion

So what's on tap for todays coverage?

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Twitter is by far the worst of the social media platforms IMO. It gives every idiot a platform to spew their BS, and of course the loudest ones to receive the most attention are often these idiots.

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Twitter is the gas station bathroom wall of the Internet.

FYI, Minnesota state law

Subd. 3.Uttering or possessing. Whoever, with intent to defraud, utters or possesses with intent to utter any counterfeit United States postal money order, United States currency, Federal Reserve note, or other obligation or security of the United States, having reason to know that the money order, currency, note, or obligation or security is forged, counterfeited, falsely made, altered, or printed, is guilty of offering counterfeited currency and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 4.
Subd. 4.Penalty. (a) A person who is convicted of violating subdivision 1 or 2 may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $100,000, or both.
(b) A person who is convicted of violating subdivision 3 may be sentenced as follows:

(1) to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $100,000, or both, if the counterfeited item is used to obtain or in an attempt to obtain property or services having a value of more than $35,000, or the aggregate face value of the counterfeited item is more than $35,000;

(2) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if the counterfeited item is used to obtain or in an attempt to obtain property or services having a value of more than $5,000, or the aggregate face value of the counterfeited item is more than $5,000;

(3) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if:

(i) the counterfeited item is used to obtain or in an attempt to obtain property or services having a value of more than $1,000 or the aggregate face value of the counterfeited item is more than $1,000; or

(ii) the counterfeited item is used to obtain or in an attempt to obtain property or services having a value of no more than $1,000, or the aggregate face value of the counterfeited item is no more than $1,000, and the person has been convicted within the preceding five years for an offense under this section, section 609.24; 609.245; 609.52; 609.53; 609.582, subdivision 1, 2, or 3; 609.625; 609.63; or 609.821, or a statute from another state or the United States in conformity with any of those sections, and the person received a felony or gross misdemeanor sentence for the offense, or a sentence that was stayed under section 609.135 if the offense to which a plea was entered would allow the imposition of a felony or gross misdemeanor sentence; or

(4) to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both, if the counterfeited item is used to obtain or in an attempt to obtain property or services having a value of no more than $1,000, or the aggregate face value of the counterfeited item is no more than $1,000.

§Subd. 5.Aggregation; venue. In any prosecution under this section, the value of the counterfeited United States postal money orders, United States currency, Federal Reserve notes, or other obligations or securities of the United States, offered by the defendant in violation of this section within any six-month period may be aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly in applying the provisions of this section. When two or more offenses are committed by the same person in two or more counties, the accused may be prosecuted in any county in which one of the counterfeited items was forged, offered, or possessed, for all of the offenses aggregated under this subdivision.

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The ME is supposedly testifying today.

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Not only that, but GF was not cooperative with the initial investigation, so it would have been well within police jurisdiction to take someone in for further questioning, based on reasonable suspicion.

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The police were initially called by Cup Foods after three employees (including the young clerk who accepted the fake bill) were sent out by the manager to either get GF to give them back the cigarettes purchased with the fake bill or pay for them with legitimate funds. GF refused and police were called. GF was obviously impaired (and on BWC video appeared to have white pills in his mouth) and refused to cooperate with LE, not showing his hands, erratic behavior, etc.

ETA: I wonder how much cigarettes cost in Minneapolis? How much change would GF have received? Were he and Morries Hall going to attempt to pass more counterfeit? Do we even know what GF did for a living? Was he getting a crazy check or something? He was obviously a street hustler. So many questions for legitimate investigative journalists.