How are they going to convict on murder? They'll have to prove a premeditated motive to kill him.
Edit: 609.195 MURDER IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
(a) Whoever, without intent to effect the death of any person, causes the death of another by perpetrating an act eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human life, is guilty of murder in the third degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years.
(b) Whoever, without intent to cause death, proximately causes the death of a human being by, directly or indirectly, unlawfully selling, giving away, bartering, delivering, exchanging, distributing, or administering a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II, is guilty of murder in the third degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, or both.
Not with 3rd degree. 3rd degree is basically you harmed someone on purpose and they died but you did not mean for them to die. They are still going to have to prove that the knee on the back is what killed floyd (which will be hard to do) and that Chauvin was intentionally trying to harm floyd (which actually may be feasible because he left his knee on his back for over 8 freaking minutes)
Considering he was acting in the capacity of his job and the Minneapolis PD has that maneuver as standard training they probably can't unless its a kangaroo court.
How are they going to convict on murder? They'll have to prove a premeditated motive to kill him.
Edit: 609.195 MURDER IN THE THIRD DEGREE. (a) Whoever, without intent to effect the death of any person, causes the death of another by perpetrating an act eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human life, is guilty of murder in the third degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years.
(b) Whoever, without intent to cause death, proximately causes the death of a human being by, directly or indirectly, unlawfully selling, giving away, bartering, delivering, exchanging, distributing, or administering a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II, is guilty of murder in the third degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, or both.
How can they prove that?
Not with 3rd degree. 3rd degree is basically you harmed someone on purpose and they died but you did not mean for them to die. They are still going to have to prove that the knee on the back is what killed floyd (which will be hard to do) and that Chauvin was intentionally trying to harm floyd (which actually may be feasible because he left his knee on his back for over 8 freaking minutes)
Considering he was acting in the capacity of his job and the Minneapolis PD has that maneuver as standard training they probably can't unless its a kangaroo court.
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