My prediction.
By upgrading the charges to Second Degree Murder AG Keith Ellison is setting up the case against the officers to result in a Not Guilty verdict.
Why do you ask?
In Minnesota the difference between Second Degree Murder and Third Degree Murder is intent:
- First Degree Murder is a premeditated act. Planned in advance: A person doesn't like someone else and decides to kill them.
- Second Degree Murder is a crime of passion: A man walks in his wife and some guy having an affair and kills them.
- Third Degree Murder (manslaughter) is an accidental death: A person is texting while driving and accidentally kills someone else.
The difference is INTENT. How do you prove Officer Chauvin had the intent to kill George Floyd? It cannot be done, and this trial will now result in a Not Guilty verdict.
Antifa linked AG Keith Ellison initially refused to bring charges against the officers. Which itsself resulted in riots. It was not until the riots were already underway that he charged Officer Chauvin with Third Degree Murder.
Why would Keith Ellison want a Not Guilty verdict? - Does anyone remember what happened after the LAPD officers in the Rodney King beating were found Not Guilty?
My prediction.
By upgrading the charges to Second Degree Murder AG Keith Ellison is setting up the case against the officers to result in a Not Guilty verdict.
Why do you ask?
In Minnesota the difference between Second Degree Murder and Third Degree Murder is intent:
- First Degree Murder is a premeditated act. Planned in advance: A person doesn't like someone else and decides to kill them.
- Second Degree Murder is a crime of passion: A man walks in his wife and some guy having an affair and kills them.
- Third Degree Murder (manslaughter) is an accidental death: A person is texting while driving and accidentally kills someone else.
The difference is INTENT. How do you prove Officer Chauvin had the intent to kill George Floyd? It cannot be done, and this trial will now result in a Not Guilty verdict.
Antifa linked AG Keith Ellison initially refused to bring charges against the officers. Which itsself resulted in riots. It was not until the riots were already underway that he charged Officer Chauvin with Third Degree Murder.
Why would Keith Ellison want a Not Guilty verdict? - Does anyone remember what happened after the LAPD officers in the Rodney King beating were found Not Guilty?
Or maybe he overcharges to please the looters but then the defendant gets convicted of a lesser charge in a compromise verdict...
Ellison will time this to be an election surprise... The cops will get less sentences,or off and riots will follow right at election time..
was thinking upon similar lines myself, thanks for the details
after all these urban terror groups and leaders along with relevant associates are found out and charged (soon i hope) AND people return to their senses. I think there will be to much evidence against them legally and in public sentiment.
then i believe the third step of your plan could be enacted, possibly without much aftershock
I was thinking the same thing when I heard this announcement. If I were the cop I would hoist plead guilty and get it over with.
I think you could see a cop acting in the heat of the moment as a possible crime of passion--applying too much force for the situation due to the emotion of the moment. I don't think they will have too much of a problem proving that to a jury.