Police Beat: Floyd Killer Has Record of Excessive Force

More: After eight days of sometimes violent street protest against policy brutality across the nation, former police officer Derk Chauvin, who choked George Floyd to death during an arrest, has been recharged with second degree murder. Previously he was charged with third degree murder and manslaughter. Three fellow arresting officer who assisted in restraining Floyd have now been charged with aiding and abetting Floyd's murder.

The Secretary of Defense told the press he does not want to use the US military to suppress demonstrations in support of George Floyd. Mr. Esper said ordering active-duty troops to police American cities should be a “last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations.” He said that, for now, this was not warranted. Reportedly, Antichrist Trump wanted to involk the Insurrection Act, which permits the use of military personnel to police domestic riots but was dissuaded by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Attorney General.  Tear gas and force was used by federal authorities on Monday to clear Lafayette Park near the VWH, so the Antichrist in Office could pose for cameras in front of nearby St. John's Episcopal Church. His stroll drew at the expense of demonstrators drew widespread disparagement in the press.

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 Update: {30.05.20}George Floyd's family released the results of an independent autopsy today.  The results show he died of asphyxiation, not surprising considering the videoed fact that he was held in an inherently dangerous choke hold for over eight minutes by Derek Chauvin.  The report states Floyd's death was “homicide caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain.” Meanwhile® the unhinged occupant of the VWH told governors on a phone call to "dominate" protesters by throwing them in "jail for ten years" otherwise, "you're going to look like a bunch of jerks."  He offered them the use of the US military to control protests against police brutality.
 
{30.05.20}Derek Chauvin, who killed unarmed George Floyd by suffocation during an arrest for allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill, has a pattern of abuse as a 19 year veteran of the Minneapolis police department.  Chavin collected 17 complaints that did not result in serious discipline.  Perhaps the worst incident occurred in May 2008. Ira Toles, a black man, told the Daily Beast that officers barged into his home unannounced after his girlfriend called them about domestic violence. Toles said Chauvin busted into his bathroom and beat him before shooting him in the groin at point blank range. He was left to bleed until paramedics came to his rescue. The bullet made a hole in his lower extremities that did not completely close. Toles was not armed during the violent incident.

Floyd's grieving family is requesting an independent autopsy, since an undoubted defense will be that he died of an underlying medical condition.  Preliminary results released by the Hennepin County medical examiner say Floyd's cause of death was the, "combined effects [italics added] of Mr. Floyd's being restrained by police, underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system." The report says, there is "no evidence of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation". Chauvin had his knee on his victim's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in total. Two minutes and 53 seconds of this was after Floyd became non-responsive. 

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Chauvin's latest example of uncontrolled rage was videotaped for the world to see by a bystander.  Chauvin put his entire weight on Floyd's neck with his knee for more than eight minutes while Floyd lay helpless on his stomach in the street, hands handcuffed behind his back. The Minneapolis Police Department manual states that neck restraints are basically reserved for when an officer feels caught in a life or death situation, clearly not the case during Floyd's arrest [photo above]. In the video a bystander exclaims, “You don’t have to sit there with your knee on his neck. He is enjoying that. You are. You are enjoying that. You could have put him in the car by now.” Floyd repeatedly pleaded with Chauvin that he could not breath.

His pleas were ignored by his former co-worker at a nearby night club. The club owner recalls how aggressive Chauvin became in response to altercations involving black customers. He responding to fights by taking out his mace and spraying the crowd, a tactic she told him was unjustified. ” “I’ve seen him in action and I’ve seen him lose it and I’ve called him out on it before,” she told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “I’ve told him it’s unnecessary and unjustified some of the ways that he behaves. He just loses it.” Chauvin can be seen in the video with a pleased look on his face as he chokes Floyd with his knee, a strangulation hold  that would not necessarily leave visible marks [photo below].  George Floyd's last words may have been,  "‘Don’t kill me. I’m about to die.'”

US Person cannot think of a clearer example of reckless disregard for life causing a person's death; but for Chauvin's use of a dangerous and unapproved restraint George Floyd would be still alive. Under the law, a perpetrator takes a victim as they find them.  Chauvin's conduct constitutes third degree murder in Minnesota, defined as murder without intent to kill*.  The penalty for that crime is not more than 25 years in prison. There appears to be evidence that could justify a more serious charge, second degree murder, which requires showing an intent to kill.  These facts are that Floyd's pleas for his life were ignored by all the arresting officers and the continued exertion of extreme pressure on his neck in a stomach down position after he became motionless and exhibited no pulse.  The maximum penalty for second degree murder is forty years imprisonment in Minnesota.  But what about the other three, now former, cops who assisted Chauvin while Floyd was dying?  They have not been charged with any crime as of this post.  At the very least, they are accomplices to Floyd's murder.
 
Minnesota needs to do more to respond to the understandable outrage people of color have towards their urban police departments. It needs to outlaw the use of dangerous restraint methods like the one that killed Floyd. Police recruits should undergo substnatial psychological testing to determine if they have personality traits or prejudices that are unsuitable to the dangerous duty to protect the public. Chauvin should thank the uniform he once wore that he will not be subjected to "street justice" for his crime.

*609.195 MURDER IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
(a) Whoever, without intent to effect the death of any person, causes the death of another by perpetrating an act eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human life, is guilty of murder in the third degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years.

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