Goes to show you that if you are arrested never, ever, ever speak to an officer without a lawyer present!!

No matter what the jury decides, this whole encounter is just plain sad. The one kid died, Miu’s life is ruined, and he’s spent 2 years in jail.

Arent the cops supposed to stop question as soon as he ask for a lawyer?

My son is 13 and watched this and says hes not guilty as well as myself.

Wow that’s horrible, I think with his English and that detective lying her ass off saying an Attorney wasn’t available til Monday was her way of lying to try to get his confession… DO NOT EVER TALK WITH DETECTIVES THEY ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS

I wish he would ask the lawyer why weren’t the people who attacked him not charged

Never talk to cops , big mistake

yeah you can clearly see he wanted an attorney, the way hes acting and the way he looked at her and questioned her during attorney part. Never talk to cops EVER!!!!!!

Calling a man a pedo is very serious it's terribly

Those boys did NOT jump out of their tubes to get away from him, they immediately started in on harassing him

This whole thing is crazy.

I have been jumped by a mob to a lesser extent but when you have multiple people yelling horrible things and punching and kicking all you are thinking about is self preservation...I think he's not guilty but I'm biased.

Trying to say a guy who has never ever had any legal issues was looking for a fight or trying to start stuff is hilarious, if the jury believes that they’re crazy. Now go and look at these ppl who attacked him almost all have had legal issues and run ins with police. Watching that tape shows you the difference why the one person has never had any problems and why the others have. But bc they’re considered the victims his lawyer can’t bring that up in closing, can’t say anything negative about them and their past vs miu.

She totally discounted his rights for an attorny saying he had no right for a few days. In other words he has no rights and is a prisoner against his will. COPS LIE they have permission to LIE!!! There is a language understanding barrier. No matter how long you live here the barrier exisits.

Its too bad young people today think everything is a frigging instagram reel. Gang stalking, mob mentality. That stuff is NOT accrptable behavior for teenagers, or anyone. My heart breaks for the victims family, however, all of those people bear blame for the events that unfolded that day.

Since when do young people dictate what adults do in their life? Wtf. Who do they think they are, ordering him away etc? You're a creep because you go looking for a phone in a river? No sympathy for them at all. New laws need to be passed to protect older citizens. These youngsters are out of control. Maybe gagging them when they go out or something. Anything to shut them up.

He asked for an attorney. She just ignored him.

This happened to my son 😢 i asked him to go pick up his sister from school one day, as he was walking to the school some kid asked to use his cell phone, so my son let him use his phone, next thing that happened the boy ran off with the phone and my son chased after him to get his phone back. Well the next day this boy came back with a bunch of his friends to gang up on my son. We called the police and they recommended that I not let my son walk to the school anymore to get his sister. It was scary for me and my son eventually we moved away from the neighborhood.

Wonder why he lied to the arresting officer, the attending physician and a 3rd time during interrogation about grabbing the knife away from the teens?

They should have read his Miranda immediately. This city is biased and crooked.

Everybody who lied to police should bare the consequences. Will all be charged?

Underage intoxication and illegal substances individuals are not arrested in St. Croix County WHAT! Serious precident.

These commentators don’t seem to be very neutral. And by that I men they seem biased. Sad!

These young people to young adults are drunk, rude jerks! This man ignored these punks for a very long time and they were the aggressors!

every word he spoke was used against him at his trial.

When are people going to learn not to talk to anyone until you have your lawyer present!

Those “kids” were AWFUL. Like a pack of rabid animals. I don’t blame Nic for being enraged. Even their testimony was awful and enraging. Sad situation. Many lives ruined. That Madison, WTF? She went to get involved and made the whole situation way worse! That awful woman poured gasoline on the whole thing.

He could’ve not said anything. He chose to keep talking. He lied.

Miu should never have been charged in the first place. A lot of xenophobia going on here.

Investigator is a nasty human to lie to this man knowing the language barrier as well. She should’ve stopped immediately and got this man a lawyer asap

THE YOUNG DRUNKEN TEEN AGERS PROKED THE FIGHT THEY GOT IT AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS ALL OF THE DRUNK YOUNG ADULTS FAULT , ?

The teenagers behavior was egregious and provoking. Bullies. The women were wrong to get involved and inappropriate It was an accidental death in self defense & Mui should walk free. He’s suffered enough.

After the cross I am no longer in the not guilty pool. They won’t get murder 1 but all lesser he will be guilty I think. But you never know. I would hate to be a juror in this case.

Why is everyone so quick to label someone as a pedophile? The guy was looking for a phone. Then was harassed, he feared for his life, he was outnumbered! He protected himself, it’s what anyone would do!

He took.......it out.

Brandie Hart conducted this interrogation like a dirty sleaze. Great police work! 😒

I’m female and I carry a knife in my pocket everyday if I wear pants or shorts with pockets. I try to only buy pants/shorts which only have pockets. No matter what’s in my pockets, if I have pockets, I’m always playing with my right pocket and what’s in that pocket. I’m right handed I guess that’s why I mostly play with my right pocket. I do it without thinking. I do not play with my pocket to see if my knife is still there I just do it out of habit. I’m certainly not looking for someone to cut either. Knives are extremely helpful. I’m a gardener and use it daily in my garden but it comes in handy for many things throughout my day. I use it like a screw driver. Use to open things, I use it to cut boxes open, bags of garden soil, fertilizer but also to open my mail at the mailbox. A knife is more than a knife it’s a use all type of tool. Yes women use tools too. Not only is it a use all tool it’s handy if an animal attacks you or a person. This guy messes with his pocket does not mean much to me. I see guys daily playing with what’s in their pocket but never once assume they are checking to see if they have a weapon. I use my knife to open the screen on my window. Sometimes my garden shed door gets stuck in summer due to wood swelling from day to day, so my knife helps me pry it open. If my grandchildren show up unexpectedly when I’m shopping in grocery store, I’ve used it to cut an apple for the baby in store while mom and I are talking/shopping. I always carry type of wet wipes that kill germs in my purse. I carry the wipes to wipe the handle of the shopping carts in shopping centers. If my grandchildren show up in the grocery store I know the baby always wants to eat the apples lol. So grandma can clean her pocket knife with the wipes. My knife is always in my pocket rather than my purse because I don’t always have my purse with me. My pockets are a fix to my clothes so it’s best to put my knife in pocket. At home I’m going in and out of my house, from the front, to the side to the back. A purse is not convenient to carry all day but pockets are a fix to my cloths. A knife is more convenient and handy in my pocket. For this prosecutor to make it sound like you are a killer or in tend to attack people because you carry a knife is ludicrous to say it mildly.

I remember dropping my wife's phone in the river trail at Xcaret Mexico. I went back for it using a snorkel, there were a lot of people passing me, maybe thinking I was doing something weird. Only difference is there were no under age drunk kids bullying me. I feel bad for this guy, I may have done the same thing. Thankfully I did find my wife's phone, if not my wife will be on trial right now for attempted murder.

THATS A LIE, THEY HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN COME IMMEDIATELY TO HIM ON CHARGES LIKE THIS

He was threatened!!! A group of drunk , high , intimidating teenagers , adults … dam right he was scared . He did not go there with the intent to kill someone .. NOT GUILTY.. I’m so sorry for the families loss of there son .. we all need to Do Better…

She 1000% knows that he’s asking to speak to a lawyer AND that he absolutely wants to speak a lawyer FIRST, but like all cops she acts super kind and nice and tricks him…ALWAYS ASK FOR A LAWYER- NEVER SPEAK TO COPS THEY’RE OUT TO GET YOU-NO GOOD EVER COMES FROM SPEAKING TO COPS!!!!!!

Where is the picture of him smiling with the knife

This man is right he took out his knife but didn't want to brandish it to come off as threatening to them. I believe he thought they'd see it & back off. Had the group not been in his face & in a drunken frenzy they would have seen it & probably never would have started yelling perverted statements either. It's obvious English isn't his 1st language as he has a hard time finding the proper words & sometimes doesn't seem to understand the question. People who have had surgery on their heart are timid scared of someone or something hitting their surgery spot. They also tend to cry for unknown reasons too. I've seen the change so many times in men more than women after the surgery. He didn't have to retreat & people will freeze in that one spot when being attacked or after the attack bc it happened to me outside on my porch & I froze! I was always the neighbor watch kind of person & would go out to confront anyone trying to break into vehicles then phone the police & sometimes follow them in my car. I promised my family I wouldn't do it anymore as I'm in my 50's & weigh 100 pounds. The physical assault on my porch wasn't payback just a pervert who must have thought I was younger than I am so I'm much more careful now. I'll just call the police as they've told me please don't confront anyone not these days. I hope he's found not guilty their is enough blame to go around including who provided them the alcohol & weed! Had they not consumed alcohol the young man would still be alive & this man wouldn't be a defendant who had every right to defend himself. Had this happened on the street maybe he could have been saved @ the hospital. Alcohol thins you're blood making you bleed faster too.

NOT GUILTY!

It’s disgusting that anyone had to die during this, but it’s obvious these kids all lied on the stand, and they were acting like bratty entitled kids that was fueled by being young and stupid that got in way over their heads… it’s said what we as people do to one another!!! They keep saying he is a rapper and a pedophile when he never said that, they know that would make him look like a monster and justify their actions, sad…

When this first came out and the Video that was shown, I believed the Defendant was clearIy Guilty! But after watching everything, It was OBVIOUS the Defendant was harrassed and TERRORIZED by these Drunkin Teens!! And instead of the Adults being neutral, they should have calmed everything down and directed their Kids to stop harrassing the defendant, which I believe would have given the defendant ease and confidence that he would be able to do what he needed and return to his group. But the DRUNKEN Adults were just like the Teens and assisted in BULLYING the Defendant which ended up him BELIEVING he was threatened, and fearing for his life, from everyone approaching him! There was at least 13 People to one and these IDIOTS found out how WRONG they were! I Truly hope the Jury Exonerates the Defendant! This scene was a Group of Teens, believing they had Total control over a River that was supposed to be a Good time, for ALL!!

This is sickening. After he kills a teen and slashes 4 others he makes a joke, ‘[how bad is it’s? He baited everyone. He went near the boys, after his group previously discussed staying away from young, drinking men. Who knows if he mentioned little girls to bait them. The video shows him running and lunging at the boys, grabbing their tubes, touching two of their legs. The teens were vulnerable laying in the tube, the others leapt up and all were startled and stated they were scared. Within 3 minutes Miu then checked to be sure he had his knife, repeatedly. He then hit Madison in front of angry men, knowing the universal culture of men is to defend a woman, so of course they would lash out. It was a bait so he could use is knife. Then he lies and deceives the police, investigators and then cries self defense. I’d charge him for intentional murder. What a narcissist.

He keeps scratching chest because of his heart surgery. He isn’t a bad person and I feel like he was just defending self cause it’s only been a month since his surgery I’ve been through that I know how weak he was so although it was a bad thing to use the knife I think he was defending so second degree manslaughter is what I feel.

He hid the knife before he struck. If he would have showed them he was armed, they would have backed off! They had no weapons with them at all. They would have thought him crazy, but they would have left him alone.

Hung jury 100%…….at least one jurior not guilty

The fact that he asked for a lawyer and they just blatantly ignored him pisses me off! I freakin hate cops!

He laughed when he asked "How bad is it" when he knew exactly how many people he stabbed and how brutality he did it. What a Psycho

I think the Prosecutor did a fantastic job…considering the case that could of all been avoided …by minding your own business. Nobody wasn’t bothering this character until he approached them. IDU😢😢😢😢

We have seen the videos. We saw them. Shame on those teenagers. Shame. What a pack attack & ethnic slur

"I want to maintain the integrity " The sole purposes is to develop INFORMATION to prosecute ....they already have yhr facts.....

"Withering cross-examination?" It was weak and nonsensical at points. NOT-GUILTY of Intentional Homicide and Attempted Homicide. 100% self-defense and those young people need to face real consequences for their own behavior.

This is the movie Carrie in real life.

Playing dumb does not excuse you for what you did! He shows no remorse that’s very concerning.

Nic was told to leave over 30 times. That’s not self defense. 10 people saw Nic strike Madison. That’s not self defense. Nic walked away when he didn’t find the phone. Was threatened by words that made him mad. That’s not self defense. He charged the group grabbing their legs and tubes. That’s physical assault not self defense. Guilty of 1st degree murder in my opinion Lock him up and let’s move on

Now does that look like someone who is afraid

100% hung jury. I felt like nick was guilty before he testified now it looks to me like he was really in fear for his life and in a stand your ground state that's self defense

He was taunted and assaulted by drunk/high punks! not guilty… parents do better

Never speak to a cop, even if it is about a 'form to protect your rights'. Why do people not know this?

His story just seems worse with every question. Mixed messages and lies. (He had the knife, he didn’t have the knife…)

Does he really expect to stab 5 people, who didn’t have any weapons, in their chest and abdomen and not expect to have to answer for it. He was just walking away with the rest of his group wearing a full cover up. Why didn’t he report it to the cops or try to find out how they were, they were pouring blood and ad their intestines falling out, critically wounded, he runs off and joins his group. The lies, lies, lies.

Miu is a sociopath who enjoyed murdering, and created the opportunity for indulgence. His habit for lying was on full display. Imagime him being loose on the streets, forgetting that it is unnacceptable to murder. His memory is entirely self serving.

Guilty ! Mui was the instigator in everything that happened that day and thought he could just put on a disguise and walk way after killing and maiming those kids. When he was caught he did nothing but LIE, LIE LIE, just like he did on the stand. Bad move putting that murdering liar up there, he has no remorse.

Is any one going to mention the judge is so corrupt, he just allowed the prosecution to add three or four different charges to be added in the jury instructions. After the fact, after the case has been argued! . He just gave the jury multiple choices because the state’s case was weak, and their claim of a first-degree murder charge was a loser. Every revision, of the jury instructions requested by the defenses, the judge denied. Every revision the state requested, the judge agreed to .

Guilty as sin. Lying and pretending not to remember won’t save you. He has no self control

He wasn't made aware he'd killed anyone when he waived his right to a lawyer.

I don't want to know the outcome of this trial until I hear from all witnesses. So far it doesn't look good for Nick. But that video changed all the witnesses testimony. I think he is not guilty. That video is your only chance. These kids would of sent him to prison for life. These kids don't even care what happens to Nick. I think these kids should be prosecuted for all the lies.

Big thanks to Fox 9 for the fantastic coverage of this trial. I was watching on court tv but they would only show parts and then cut away, you guys have done much better. Your host has been very good and the attorneys you have had on as guests have been top notch and provided great analysis. I live in southern Wisconsin so I wasn't familiar with your channel but I really appreciate such complete coverage of this important trial. Thank you.

Definitely not guilty! Drunk, high, obnoxious, entitled, young adult bullies are responsible for their friend’s death. Sad.

Were these boys charged in under age drinking?

She lied to this man about a lawyer he should get another trial

Uh Why didn’t she allow him to ask and get a lawyer before she asks questions? 😮

Imagine having all the interrogation videos, the crime scene videos, and witness testimony and all he can say is "I don't remember that" over and over. His post crime behavior is what will land him guilty verdicts.

I feel like it's almost premeditated self defense. Miu stood his ground, knowing that he was armed. He did very little de deescalate the situation, waiting for an excuse to use violence. He seems fairly intelligent, and looked very calm and collected during the stabbing. It might be self defense technically, but I do believe he had ill intent to some extent. Edit: adding that i think the group of boys were acting obnoxious, and the young women were too quick to jump to conclusions. But I personally don't believe Miu was in any serious danger at any point. He should have left after he was pushed down, and called the police.

Oops just found out it was two years ago his surgery sorry dude you are on your own you committed murder.

This guy has a clean record

He isn't sympathetic. He was the adult, he had enough room to walk away. But he had to stab 5 people, disembowel one and kill one kid. There is nothing that warrants him stabbing 5 kids and disemboweling one and killing one child.

I would never live in a place like this, he is not guilty and those lying kids should be charged

I love Paul Blume's voice he talks like Moe Szyslak from the Simpsons 💛 😂

Not all 12 will convict him. No way. Hung jury

He. Was. Stuck. And. Serouned. By. Evil. Punks. On dope. And. Drinking

Is there a view of where he opens the knife

If he thinks a lawyer is oy available on Monday, then it SHOULD be thrown out. No miranda rights when taken, incorrect information at the jail. What kind of LE is this??

For a second thought Eric Nelson was Matt Damon 😅

He remembers stepping on a stone before he reaches the boys in the tubes but he doesnt remember grabbing their legs…give me a break….such a liar. So much selective memory its sickening. He remembers what helps him but doesnt remember what hurts him…yeah right. He says self defense, there is one dead kid, four others stabbed. None of them had weapons, he walks away without a mark on him and he claims self defense. Pathetic!….and all the people that criticize the kids calling the punks and whatever, just because they acted juvenile and in a poor manner doesnt justify that man using deadly force killing a young man and seriously stabbing not one, not two, not three, not four but five people with one dead and dont let me forget him punching a girl in the face. And hes claiming self defense, and he feared for his life????…hes the only one that didnt get hurt….its non-sense. Nothing those kids did deserved for them to die and get stabbed.

They. Act. Like. Trying. To. Kill. Old. Man. With. Heart. Trouble. Thirteen. Attacked. Him. He. Sick. Old. Man. They. Bruitley. Attacked. Old. Man

This should be inadmissible. He asked to talk to an attorney and asked how soon can he talk to one. He was told the earliest would be Monday. That lieutenant was twisting words and should have stopped asking questions.This might be enough for a jury to convict him. Never talk to police ever.

Watching the testimony today I definitely think he is guilty.

But why did he lie about the knives and other things? Seems like everyone is ignoring that part. He’s the only one with a weapon, he made the initial charge towards the boys. And even in bad health managed to kill one person and injure 5……the boys were obnoxious but It wasn’t a fair fight , he could have tried fist fighting if he felt that threatened. Or left like they were yelling from beginning. 🤷‍♀️

I don’t think he understands. 😮. You get a lawyer as soon as you ask for one. 😢

Police work for the state the same as the prosecution. They are on the same team

Mr Nelson is an excellent lawyer, I remember He defended Derek Chauvin Alone, while Prosecutors had a whole team. Much respect for this lawyer.

the one thing that sticks out is him stabbing the girl. He had no reason to do it, and hasnt provided any legal defense of that action. this whole thing is stupid though. Nick could have just said "no im not looking for little girls. Im looking for a phone". That may have prevented any further misinterpretation. Instead he ran after them and grabbed the tubes. I take that as a threat myself, and its certainly an aggressive action. the boys calling him a pedo certainly was a mistake, but not one worthy of being stabbed.

It looks to me like after what he did to those 5 people, it freaked him out so much. And he know he had to lie and deny everything becuse he had no other defense for what was done.

He must really be in shock now. The good thing is he won’t remember.

great guest speaker...he answered many of my questions..