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He’s charged with second degree murder.

Second degree murder is generally defined as intentional murder that lacks premeditation, is intended to only cause bodily harm, and demonstrates an extreme indifference to human life.

Second degree is still intentional. Unintentional would be a manslaughter case. Unintentional. You know, like when you run over and kill a pedestrian with your car.

So the article is wrong or lying when it said he’s not being charged with intentionally murdering Floyd.

Couple Chauvin’s stated intent with the fact that the immobilization technique Chauvin used was taught to Minneapolis officers (despite the claims of the mayor, the governor of Minnesota, and even the police chief who apparently is unaware - or does not want to admit- what his officers are trained to do). Then add that this technique has been used by mental health workers and others to restrain people who are violent. Also add that a similar technique was used four years earlier against a White man in Dallas, who was also under the influence of drugs and also died, and it will be damn near impossible to establish that Chauvin intended bodily harm. Indeed, it may be difficult to prove any crime.

I don't know if gross incompetence or negligence by a LEO is a crime, but if it is, then that's Chauvin's guilt. By the writer's own admission this sanctioned move is used often without killing the kneel-eee. It's like a billy club...sanctioned equipment that is used frequently without someone dying.

Since when is it a conservative value, to champion the left-side of the bell curve? I thought we were against kids getting diplomas when they can't spell.

I get the knee-jerk reaction by some to defend Chauvin, but defending him is like defending a less-than-competent doctor who killed someone on the table. We should put our weight behind decent LEOs who know what they're doing.