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 Three assisting officers charged in George Floyd's death: prosecutor Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Wednesday said he amended his charge for Derek Chauvin to 2nd degree murder and said the three other officers have been charged aiding and abetting in the death George Floyd last week, an unarmed black man. |
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George Floyd, 46, died after Derek Chauvin, a white policeman, knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes on May 25, reigniting the explosive issue of police brutality against African Americans.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is charging Chauvin, 44, with second-degree murder in addition to the third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges leveled against him last week, according to court documents.
The new charge can carry a sentence of up to 40 years, 15 years longer than the maximum sentence for third-degree murder.
The other three former officers who were involved in the incident - Thomas Lane, J.
Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao - face charges of aiding and abetting murder and arrest warrants have been issued by Ellison.
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 One News Page Three assisting officers charged in George Floyd's death: prosecutor: https://t.co/4aYnSodw6I #Minnesota 4 minutes ago  Peter Koester @pantomath__ @funder @BarackObama If myself and three others were involved identically like these officers were. My… https://t.co/qDUbKozziR 3 days ago  Carson Molder This is why the other three officers need to be arrested and charged with being an accomplice to murder. Now. When… https://t.co/B81SJcGB8H 3 days ago  Butchiepool @JoeNBC Hey Joe, the other two officers weren’t standing around watching, the other video showed that they were hol… https://t.co/TdvJjsvTKU 3 days ago  louser RT @radisali: If me and 3 friends pinned a man down and I knelt on his neck until he died, I would be done for murder and my three friends… 4 days ago  Rahh-dee-yah? If me and 3 friends pinned a man down and I knelt on his neck until he died, I would be done for murder and my thre… https://t.co/tjoBZI8Fyz 5 days ago  Sam Anton The police officer that killed #GeorgeFloyd in Minneapolis should be charged with murder, and the other three offic… https://t.co/lQKpoviurV 6 days ago |