BLM Activist Got On Chauvin Jury After Insisting He Never Attended An Anti-Police Protest. He Attended An Anti-Police Protest Last Year.

Chauvin juror Brandon Mitchell is now encouraging others to get on juries to "spark some change"

Brandon Mitchell, 31, was able to make it onto the Derek Chauvin jury after he checked "no" when asked if he or anyone close to him had "participated in protests about police use of force or police brutality."

On Sunday, a photo surfaced of Mitchell wearing a "GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS," "BLM" shirt and a "Black Lives Matter" hat while at a protest against police brutality in Washington, DC in August 2020.

On Monday, Mitchell admitted that he attended the "March on Washington" while speaking with the Star Tribune (who buried the lead).

"I'd never been to [Washington] D.C.," Mitchell said Monday of his reasons for attending the event. "The opportunity to go to D.C., the opportunity to be around thousands and thousands of Black people; I just thought it was a good opportunity to be a part of something."

[...] Mitchell said the social media post was made by his uncle, who is the father of one of the cousins pictured, and appears to be "a partial real post." However, he said, he has no recollection of wearing or owning the shirt.

Mitchell said the event was commemorating the 57th anniversary of King's famous speech, which advocated for civil and economic rights for Blacks, and is credited with helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The event was "100% not" a march for Floyd, Mitchell said, adding, "It was directly related to MLK's March on Washington from the '60s … The date of the March on Washington is the date."

Philonese Floyd, George Floyd's brother, said while speaking on stage during the March on Washington that it was a march for Floyd.

One of the main points of the march was to demand the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act:

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