This article is not about the merits of the Derek Chauvin prosecution. Not about guilt or innocence. Not about whether Chauvin set about that day last May to deliberately kill George Floyd—clearly he didn't. Not about whether he bore racial hatred or animus toward Blacks. Nor whether he simply lapsed into the killing, oblivious to the life of a man whom he felt had dissed him as a police officer, that day or before. It's about whether this jury, any jury, can silence their minds to the "what ifs?" After all, the Chauvin jurors know—don't they?—what is almost certain to occur if they don't convict on the most serious counts.