Trial of Derek Chauvin, who Killed George Floyd
It seems to indicate *criminal negligence*.
"Criminal negligence refers to conduct in which a person ignores a known or obvious risk, or disregards the life and safety of others".
However, Chauvin is not being changed with that.
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Chauvin is being charged with *murder*, so it's a much higher burden for the prosecutor.
The three charges against Chauvin:
1. Second-degree unintentional murder - "Minnesota legislature states prosecutors must prove Chauvin caused Floyd's death, "without intent to effect the death of any person while committing or attempting to commit a felony offense other than criminal sexual conduct in the first or second degree with for or violence or a drive-by shooting."
2. Third-degree murder - A person is found guilty of third-degree murder if "whoever, without intent to effect the death of any person, causes the death of another by perpetrating an act eminently dangerous to others and evidencing a depraved mind, without regard for human life."
3. Second-degree manslaughter - "prosecutors will need to prove the former officer caused Floyd's death by "culpable negligence whereby the person creates an unreasonable risk and consciously takes chances of causing death or great bodily harm to another."
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https://www.newsweek.com/derek-chauvin- ... yd-1579771
So, prosecutors have the burden to prove that it's Chauvin that caused Floyd's death, not drugs, not heart disease, not adrenaline.
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Sgt David Pleoger, who arrived at the scene shortly after Floyd was taken away by ambulance, said that Chauvin and other officers holding down the 46-year-old Black man should have stopped using force once Floyd stopped resisting.
“When Mr Floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers they could have ended their restraint,” he said.
Video recording showed that Chauvin kept pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck even after the detained man pleaded that he could not breathe and then stopped moving.
https://news.yahoo.com/chauvins-supervi ... 16775.html
Sounds pretty indefensible.
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Even more troubling ..
Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd even after another officer told him Floyd had no pulse.
However, none of this actually proves murder.
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Whether or not Chauvin is found criminally responsible is up to a jury of his peers. If some of them are convinced Floyd's death was coincidental they might not vote to convict but I don't see too many jurors believing that Chauvin wasn't directly responsible for George Floyd's death.
That said, jury nullifications are a real thing and there's a long history of cops walking away from murder charges that they should have been convicted of. I hope this isn't yet another case of justice being denied because the murderer was in the gold badge gang.
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Dueling scientific experts will say different causes are possible.
The jury has to determine beyond a reasonable doubt that it's Chauvin that caused Floyd's heart to stop, not drugs, not artery blockage, not COVID, not sudden stress ...
Yeah, considering the publicity the prosecution has to put on a show. But otherwise there is no case, or at least it will become so in appeals, even if there is an initial conviction.
I'm sure the civil case for $$$ will be very successful though.
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Dueling scientific experts will say different causes are possible.
The jury has to determine beyond a reasonable doubt that it's Chauvin that caused Floyd's heart to stop, not drugs, not artery blockage, not COVID, not sudden stress ...
Yeah, considering the publicity the prosecution has to put on a show. But otherwise there is no case, or at least it will become so in appeals, even if there is an initial conviction.
I'm sure the civil case for $$$ will be very successful though.
The civil case has already been settled, for $27M - a record high number in cases like these.
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A "remarkable move": Minneapolis police chief expected to testify against Derek Chauvin
Reuters coverage of the same
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ER Doctor: Paramedics Never Said George Floyd Had Heart Attack or OD’d
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The medical examiner determined *homicide* based on watching the video, not based on a physical examination.
The medical examiner said based on a physical examination, he would determine cause of death as *drug overdose*.
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You've claimed that before.
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Another zinger on Chauvin,
He supposedly did not move Floyd into the *recovery position* (on Floyd's side).
A junior officer even suggested it, and Chauvin said "No".
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Capital punishment in Minneapolis? Seriously?
Would the incompetent liberal idiot mayors, police chiefs and prosecutors who knowingly tolerated racism on the Minneapolis police force now support the death penalty for a racist murder on the police force? Would another racist, the AG of the state of Minnesota, allow it even though liberal idiots outlawed it in the state a century ago?
I guess it's possible. Being seen as hypocrites hasn't deterred them in the past.
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