Derrick Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd after kneeling on his neck for about nine minutes, told a judge to deny the murder charges against him.
Shuvin’s lawyers argued in a court filing Friday that there was not enough probable reason to uphold charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree murder.
“This motion is based on the files and records of this case, the Minnesota law, the Minnesota Criminal Procedure Code, the United States and the Minnesota Constitution and other such and more issues and authorities will be brought before the court later.” His lawyers wrote.
Meanwhile, Minnesota attorneys filed a paper showing that they were Chauvin, j. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Kirnan Lane and Tou Thao will receive “upper sentence departure” in the cases of other officials involved in Flood’s death.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison
More than Keith Maurice Ellison Current, former law enforcement professionals have signed a letter urging Congress to reject marijuana. Insley called the Biden climate plan “right for the moment.” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison weighed in on police reform in the state., Who is prosecuting the case, argued in a filing on Friday that the death sentence for Floyd should be tougher because he was “particularly sensitive because officers had already handcuffed him behind his back and then placed him under the chest on the pavement.” Was. ”
“Mr. Floyd was treated with special cruelty. Despite Mr. Floyd’s plea that he was not breathing and dying, as well as the pleas of Mr. Floyd’s witnesses to rescue and help Mr. Floyd, the defendant and his co-defendants continued. To control, ”he wrote. “Defendant was kneeling on Mr. Floyd’s neck and pushing him to the ground for about nine minutes, during which Mr. Floyd was motionless for at least four minutes. This maneuver brought a sharp pain on Mr. Floyd.”
The other three officers have filed a motion to deny the charges against them, although Judge Peter Cahill has not yet ruled on any of them. All four officers have been fired.
Floyd’s death in late May sparked a national outcry over systemic racism and police brutality, fueled by additional police deaths of Black Americans, including the recent police shootings of Taylor and Richard Brooks of Borough as well as Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Viz. .
The video of Floyd’s death quickly went viral, with Fowez pleading that he could not breathe, while Chauvin kneeling on his neck before he could be held accountable.
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