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Prosecutors demand harsh punishment after Floyd’s death
Prosecutors are demanding harsher punishment than usual for the four police officers on trial after 46-year-old George Floyd was strangled to death during a police intervention this spring. They claim there are a number of aggravating circumstances, according to court documents.
The prosecution wants to see a harsher than usual punishment for accused police officers after George Floyd was strangled to death during a police intervention this spring. Stock Photography.
It has been more than three months since the high-profile death in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Currently, three out of four police officers are charged with complicity and complicity in the murder. The fourth, Derek Chauvin, is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter (murder in the second degree and murder in the second degree).
It was Chauvin who put his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes.
The prosecution claims that the police deserve a more severe punishment than usual. According to court documents received on Friday, it is argued that there are a number of aggravating circumstances that justify it.
That Derek Chauvin showed “special cruelty” during the arrest is one thing. That the suspects “actively participated” in the death is another.
“George Floyd, the victim, was particularly vulnerable because officers already handcuffed him and then placed him chest-down on the sidewalk, and Floyd clearly told them repeatedly that he could not breathe,” the documents state.
All four police officers who were present at Floyd’s arrest have been fired.
Death of George Floyd
On Monday May 25, George Floyd, 46, was killed during a police intervention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Floyd was unarmed when he was arrested, suspected of attempting to use counterfeit bills in a restaurant.
During the intervention, a policeman sat with his knee on his neck for almost nine minutes. The incident was filmed by an individual and the recording shows Floyd, his face pressed to the street and handcuffed, begging for help and saying “please, I can’t breathe”, before running out of life.
The film was released in the United States and aroused revulsion and disgust. A few days after Floyd’s death, protests against police violence began in Minneapolis. The demonstrations quickly spread to other cities and in some places turned violent with looting, riots and shootings.
The four policemen who participated in the intervention have been fired. The cop who put his knee to Floyd’s neck has been notified of suspicion of manslaughter and the other three are suspected of aiding and inciting a crime.
