George Floyd died of pre-existing health problems exacerbated by drug abuse, the defense attorney for a fired police officer argued in court documents last week to dismiss the charges.
The lawyer represents Derek Chauvin, a former police officer from Minneapolis, who was seen in a viral video with a knee on Floyd’s neck before Floyd’s May 25 death.
According to the Star Tribune Minneapolis, Chauvin is charged with second-degree manslaughter, third-degree murder and second-degree murder.
Medical examiner: In his system, George Floyd had a fungal label labeled “fentanyl,” but he did not call it murder.
Prosecutors, meanwhile, are seeking a longer sentence for Chauvin and three other sacked officials if convicted, Minneapolis’ Fox 9 reported.
Floyd smoked a cigarette every day. His heart was at an ‘upper limit of size’ due to untreated hypertension. Mr. Floyd suffers from atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease, ”attorney Eric Nelson wrote in the filing.
In addition, Nelson claimed that the results of police bodycam recordings and Floyd’s ops topsy topsy showed that Flood had taken fentanyl long before his arrest, that he had been using ipatiate for a long time, and told police he was still infected with the coronavirus. Recovering from the pharaoh.
Defense attorneys claimed that, for his arrest, Chauvin was “wary” of Flood’s well-being concerns because he stopped Floyd during the arrest, defense attorneys claimed.
Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, is charged with murder in connection with the May 25 death of George Floyd.
During his conversation with Floyd, the officer “exposed calm and professional behavior,” the prosecutor insisted, and “Mr. Floyd – he was very careful about how much pressure he used to be careful enough to stop the bruise.”
Nelson filed the filing in Hennepin County District Court on behalf of Chauvin, one of the four Minneapolis police officers was fired and later charged in connection with Floyd’s death. The other three former officers – j. Alexander Kuang, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are also seeking dismissal of the charges against them..
But plaintiffs say former officers should all serve longer sentences if convicted, arguing in their own court that Flood was “particularly sensitive” to harm because he was handcuffed and officers allegedly told Flood with “special cruelty”. Was because he claimed he had trouble breathing. Within minutes of his death, Fox 9 noted.
Last week, a report from a medical examiner in Hennepin County stated that the amount of fentanyl in Floyd’s body was “very high” and that it could be considered a “lethal level of fentanyl under normal circumstances.”
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Ben Cromp, a lawyer for the Floyd family, argued that the video footage of Chauvin’s interaction with Floyd reinforced that Floyd posed no threat to the four officers.
“The more video evidence you see, the more torture and death at the hands of George Floyd’s police.” Kramp said earlier this month. “However, the charge against George was for a non-violent crime involving a 20 bill. Police officers pulled guns and approached him, simply because he was a black man.”
