Judge keeps second degree murder charge against ex-police officer in Floyd death, drops lesser charge

- A judge dismissed a lesser murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin but said he still had to face the most serious murder charge in George Floyd’s death in May, according to a court ruling released on Thursday.Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said prosecutors did not have probable cause to charge Chauvin with third-degree murder but said the evidence supported taking to trial a second-degree murder charge, which could lead to decades in prison.

The fatal arrest of Floyd on May 25, captured on video by bystanders, sparked weeks of angry and sometimes violent protests in Minneapolis and elsewhere over police brutality and racism. Chauvin is white, while Floyd was a Black man. Cahill upheld a manslaughter charge against Chauvin and all six charges against three other officers -- Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao -- for allegedly aiding and abetting Chauvin in the murder. Kueng and Lane helped hold Floyd down by restraining his back and legs, Cahill noted, while Thao kept a group of bystanders at bay.

In his ruling, Cahill said a third-degree murder charge was appropriate in cases in which a defendant’s actions were “eminently dangerous to other persons” and were not specifically targeted at the person who died.

BlueChele He had a full nine minutes to think, a good 10 minutes to “pre-think” NOT OK!

Murders in blue.

This is kind of alarming? Setting the stage for an all-or-nothing scenario where a legal technicality lets the officer off the hook?

And now he will walk.

Because its now known that he has a history of swallowing drugs and Jiving to avoid arrest

He is inhuman, keep him in prison. Once let him out, he may kill more people.

I thought I knew this guy before even read the tweet, I actually know him!! He is the cop who,,,,,!!!BlackLivesMatter

Bye Bye sum bitch

Mob ties

Thanks for an accurate headline.

They couldn’t prove 3rd degree murder. Welcome to reality.

🖕🏿🖕🏿

no

He is a coward plain and simple ! He along every bad cop put there bring dishonor to the badge. There are so many great cops out there and it's a damn shame their own department makes it hard on them to report a bad cop when theres one.

Wow! This is some kind of unfair culture.

“could leave the state” or “couldn’t”

Fire bun him

Asshole

There’s the headline! Thank you forthe clarity.

He doesn't deserve to live on after having taken the life of another human being. He should have been served with the death penalty 😭😭😭💔

defund police!

Good. What a horrible scumbag

Thank you for this much clearer headline!

The correct way to report this

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