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The officer in question has been charged with murder. The Minnesota Governor and AG were both advocating for charges basically since day 1 and well before the p
by devalgo 6y ago
The officer in question has been charged with murder. The Minnesota Governor and AG were both advocating for charges basically since day 1 and well before the protests so it's not at all clear the turmoil influenced his arrest.
- teachrdan 6y agoTo the contrary, the prosecutor had this to say about why he had not pressed charges: 'But my job in the end is to prove he violated a criminal statute - but there is other evidence that does not support a criminal charge.'[0] This quotation is from a tabloid, but the quote--and the DA's failure to say unequivocally that he would prosecute Floyd's killer, Chauvin--contributed to the riots. And then Chauvin was arrested the day after riots started. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8367221/Prosecutors-warn-evidence-does-not-support-criminal-charge-George-Floyds-killing.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8367221/Prosecutors...
- devalgo 6y agoAttorney General != District Attorney last time I checked.
- jessaustin 6y agoDAs decide whether to file murder charges. AGs are not relevant to the process.
- joshribakoff 6y agoThere was more than one murderer. There were 4 murderers. The police chief said as such, which is unprecedented for a police chief to say.
- brokenmachine 6y agoIf I, as a citizen, went along with three cronies to murder a man, those three cronies would all catch murder charges as well.