Chelsea Handler Mocked for Proposing Derek Chauvin Shouldn’t Get a Trial: ‘Ah, That Pesky Bill of Rights’
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Chelsea Handler made quite the hot take on Twitter Tuesday, suggesting that Derek Chauvin should not have a right to a trial because there is footage of the killing of George Floyd.
The comments were made during day two of the Chauvin trial, and the comedian was heavily mocked on Twitter following the take.
“So pathetic that there is a trial to prove that Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd when there is video of him doing so,” Handler wrote, later doubling down when she faced backlash.
So pathetic that there is a trial to prove that Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd when there is video of him doing so.
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) March 30, 2021
“Perhaps we skip trials when there is audio and video footage of the murder,” she added in a second tweet, replying to a Twitter user who noted that the United States justice system “would be even more chaotic than it already is” without trials.
Perhaps we skip trials when there is audio and video footage of the murder. https://t.co/MpqAz70OXx
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) March 30, 2021
“The scary thing will be if he is exonerated, even after the trial with the evidence presented,” added the Twitter user.
Pundits and talking heads from both sides of the political aisle were also quick to deride the comedian, many questioning when it became “woke” to “oppose basic due process in criminal procedure.”
(Apologies if my quote-tweeting expressing a critique has incited harassment or any other problems of any kind for this young comedian. Trying to do better).
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 30, 2021
personally I am happy people get trials https://t.co/Uze9DJXvZr
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) March 30, 2021
How about: we skip the trial if it is obvious that the person is guilty. but to make that determination, you show the video to objective people, 11 of them, 13, idk. and obviously the guilty person gets a chance to say why they aren’t guilty. and a guy in a wig oversees it all.
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) March 30, 2021
instant classic https://t.co/8UCqnO3vRl
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 30, 2021
Worst take I’ve seen on Chauvin trial. And that’s a high bar. https://t.co/1nfC6EsRsi
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 30, 2021
One of the main problems with wokeness is performative woke whites become so addicted to the re-racialization narrative that they can no longer tell right from wrong. This tweet perfectly encapsulates that problem. https://t.co/lzNYrfM7kj
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) March 30, 2021
Chelsea… https://t.co/luUN0dQjCs pic.twitter.com/grEu6nxlLw
— Siraj Hashmi, fugitive from the Ern (@SirajAHashmi) March 30, 2021
what…do you think a trial is https://t.co/YRyZRcrmDT
— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) March 30, 2021
umm when did it become woke to oppose basic due process in criminal procedure https://t.co/CqCWtSnoNT
— Brad Polumbo ??⚽️ ?️? (@brad_polumbo) March 30, 2021
ah that pesky Bill of Rightshttps://t.co/FCblyukUvH
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) March 30, 2021
maybe we should skip the trial process altogether. just get a group of friends together with, i don’t know, some rope?
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) March 30, 2021
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) March 30, 2021
“i hear yanny”
“i hear laurel”
“i see black and blue”
“crazy! i see white and gold.”
“that’s so weird! anyway, cancel the trial and prepare the injection. we can always trust what see and hear.”
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) March 30, 2021
The Constitution, what is it? https://t.co/NDprGhVOdJ
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) March 30, 2021
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