I do think there might have been some intimidation, however, from my perspective, if indeed George Floyd actually died that day (there's a ton of unanswered questions, as you know), I think Chauvin was at least guilty of manslaughter- he held him down as the pleaded- and said he was in distress. My problem with it is that it was never determined 'why' he did that? The two knew each other for 17 years, they worked together at a seedy bar known for drug trafficking, both were low rent porn actors. I think it could have been a personal beef or retribution--not for sure, but it's a possibility. The way the dems and the media pushed this as a racially motivated killing and caused those riots and those 40 deaths in the riots in my opinion criminal. Where is their accountability? The George Floyd riots and subsequent deification were un-justified, and used to push a political agenda--you know this- but Chauvin shouldn't have held him so long.