The new second-degree murder charge says that he killed Floyd “without intent to effect the death of any person, while committing or attempting to commit a felony offense ... namely assault in the third degree,”
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Well, since their police manual instructs them that the knee on the neck is the way to restrain someone on drugs, they’re going to have a hard time proving “assault.” It seems to me they’d have a far better case with third degree murder, charging the policeman with depraved indifference to life.
since their police manual instructs them that the knee on the neck is the way to restrain someone on drugs,