A preliminary autopsy report by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner found "no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation," according to the criminal complaint released by the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.
The preliminary results are a combo of the restraint, his underlying physical condition and potential intoxicants in his system caused his death.
At this point you have no idea what or how much of anything he had in his system or which of the three causative elements was the predominate factor, yet you want to charge murder. You can’t just arrest, you need to charge. It’s stupid to do that when you have time to line up all of yer ducks or at least get a final cause of death.
murdered him. That will be proven in court.
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No respect for prosecutors who overcharge before vetting the facts.
But, this prosecutor had plenty of pressure to pull the trigger as the civil unrest precipitated. They moved as quickly as possible, consulting “use of force” experts.
Cause of death helpful to the accused. Keeping knee on throat after Floyd unresponsive for 2.5 minutes is horrible for accused.
This is a homicide. Reckless indifference vs Reckless vs Criminal Negligent will have to play out.
Unsympathetic defendant. Video seemingly unhelpful to “I thought Floyd was playing us” defense.
admit it
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I don’t think so.
I get this is all about what can be proved.
The other question is, is the count coroner intimidated by working with the police and has loyalties he needs to maintain?
I would also charge the others if I could. What happened was disgusting.
I wouldn’t go outside of standard investigative norms though because of a lynch mob. Unlike your normal criminal suspects, he’s not a flight risk. There are also issues and challenges in prosecuting an in custody death that usually aren’t there. You don’t need to just prove excessive force/brutality or violation of policy, you need to meet the criminal elements of murder and manslaughter. I would play this right by the book and tell the media and pundits to go feck themselves.
As we know from many conviction reversals, what seems apparent at the time often isn’t later. No reason to run a risk here to appease a mob.
than those who are not cops - the rest of us.
So, this on the face of it to the public is pretty much cut’N dry. But in reality he will be reviewed by a different standard.
He could go free in the end. He’s been in front of many panels before and gotten away with excessive force.
It’s possible this time he will be made the example and found guilty of the least charge, manslaughter.
Still, I would want to wrap this up in a bow before charging cause you never know. I’ve also seen some devastating crosses on failing to do a proper investigation. There is exposure for that which didn’t need to be there. That’s why you run out all the ground balls in a case like this.
by the Black population and jeered by the white population. In this case, though, everyone seems to agree that it was not premeditated and therefore he should be convicted of manslaughter. The other three cops should be charged with something lesser IMO.
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