Less than a week after the arrest of Derek Chauvin, the former officer who caused the death of unarmed Minneapolis Black man George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes (as we reported here), the remaining 3 ex-officers involved with the crime have officially been charged.
Details below:
As seen in the video above, there were multiple officers leaning on Floyd at the time of his death.
Per the announcement (as revealed by the family attorney Benjamin Crump‘s official Twitter), the three other ex-officers – Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng – have been arrested with official charges to be announced Wednesday afternoon.
FAMILY’S REACTION: This is a bittersweet moment. We are deeply gratified that @AGEllison took decisive action, arresting & charging ALL the officers involved in #GeorgeFloyd‘s death & upgrading the charge against Derek Chauvin to felony second-degree murder. #JusticeForGeorge pic.twitter.com/jTfXFHpsYl
— Benjamin Crump, Esq. (@AttorneyCrump) June 3, 2020
The report comes after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced he asked Attorney General Keith Ellison to assist Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman in the case.
Less than a week after the arrest of Derek Chauvin – the former officer directly responsible for the death of Floyd – saw his third-degree murder charge was upgraded to second-degree murder.
Likewise, the three other officers who were fired alongside him (Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng), went from uncharged to charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
The announcement was made Wednesday afternoon (June 3) by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison [source].
They have been arrested and charged but yall are still destroying and looting
Destroying people’s businesses and properties.
U see the problem.
Can you rebuke yourself? Go away, you are nothing but poison. You add nothing but negative energy to this environment.
You never have anything productive, positive, or constructive to contribute in dialog.
Go work on yourself before you tell other people how they should act.
They are animals. They aren’t going to happy regardless if he gets life or not.
Have you guys seen the video of white people sitting on the floor and renouncing their white privilege
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Cringe.
TGJ u should post that video.
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Stop engaging with clarkson he has no life, no job, no friends or family that love him. No sane person spends 24/7 on a blog spewing the same things day in day out. It thrives in negativity and hate….. if you ignore it like everybody else does in its life it will slinkier away. You can only pity it’s existence
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You hit the hammer on the nail
When you can’t come up with something to say, you just tell folks to ignore me
But that’s the problem, I’m not commenting for anybody else.
I’m commenting for myself
I’m stating my opinions and I dont care who responds or agrees with me.
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A loser
I know ur type.
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Cry more
Loser
I will continue to speak the truth
If u are offended that’s ur business .
Uneducated trash
It only took worldwide protest for them to do what should have been done. Now let’s get convictions.
They say they have the evidence to prove murder in the 2nd degreee, but I’m just thinking about how George Zimmerman got off for 2nd degree and people saying he was overcharged to begin with. Upping the charges for Chauvin just makes their job of proving guilt more difficult. The sentence, however, will be more satisfactory if he is found guilty.
Wicked fckers, so hateful. They killed him in cold blood.
LOCK EM UP, throw away the KEY 🔐