VERY LITTLE COVERAGE OF THIS:MURDER CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST DEREK CHAUVIN MINNEAPOLIS (NEXSTAR) — A Hennepin County judge on Thursday dismissed a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, KMSP reported.
Chauvin is still charged with second-degree manslaughter and second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony in the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd.
Floyd died May 25 after Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes. The death of Floyd, who said he couldn’t breathe while he was down on the ground, was captured in widely seen bystander video that set off protests around the world.
Derek Chauvin, officer charged in George Floyd’s death, released on bond Three other officers, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, are facing charges of aiding and abetting unintentional second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
Chauvin, who was arrested May 29, was released in early October after posting $1 million in bond.
All four officers have been fired. GRA:The case falling apart already? --GRA
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VERY LITTLE COVERAGE OF THIS:MURDER CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST DEREK CHAUVIN
MINNEAPOLIS (NEXSTAR) — A Hennepin County judge on Thursday dismissed a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, KMSP reported.
Chauvin is still charged with second-degree manslaughter and second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony in the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd.
Floyd died May 25 after Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes. The death of Floyd, who said he couldn’t breathe while he was down on the ground, was captured in widely seen bystander video that set off protests around the world.
Derek Chauvin, officer charged in George Floyd’s death, released on bond
Three other officers, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, are facing charges of aiding and abetting unintentional second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
Chauvin, who was arrested May 29, was released in early October after posting $1 million in bond.
All four officers have been fired.
GRA:The case falling apart already?
--GRA
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