Posted on 05/02/2021 10:40:35 AM PDT by RandFan
Prosecutors are seeking a more severe sentence for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police officer convicted of second-degree murder and other charges in the death of George Floyd.
Floyd died last year in police custody after Chauvin kneeled on his neck for over nine minutes outside of a Minneapolis convenience store.
Following Floyd's death, Chauvin was removed from the police for and charged in connection to the killing. The former officer's trial began earlier this year, and lasted for three weeks.
On April 20, a jury found Chauvin guilty of second- and third- degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter. The jury took ten hours to deliberate.
Chauvin will only be sentenced for the most serious charge against him, second-degree murder, according to The Associated Press. The charge carries a maximum of 40 years in prison, though he would most likely be sentenced to 12.5 years.
However, in court documents on Friday, prosecutors did not specify the range of sentencing they seek, but said that five “aggravated factors” exist for Chauvin to get beyond the maximum penalty.
Prosecutors argued in the documents that Chauvin should receive a tougher sentencing because Floyd was a “vulnerable” victim, noting that he was pinned down as Floyd knelt on his neck. They added that Chauvin continued to kneel on Floyd’s neck despite Floyd saying he couldn’t breathe 27 times before coming unresponsive.
The brief also notes that Floyd was “treated with particular cruelty,” given that Chauvin continued to kneel on the man's neck despite pleas from Floyd and bystanders.
Prosecutors further stated that Chauvin abused his position of authority, and noted that three other officers at the scene — J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao — “actively participated in the crime.”
The brief also notes that the incident occurred “in the presence of multiple children.” Four of the witnesses at Chauvin’s trial were minors at the time of Floyd’s death, one of which was four years old.
But Chauvin’s attorneys argued in separate filings that Floyd’s death “occurred in the course of a very short time, involved no threats or taunting, such as putting a gun to his head and pulling the trigger.”
They also argued that Floyd was struggling with officers as they tried to arrest him, and that there was no reason for Chauvin to be aware that Floyd was vulnerable.
Chauvin is scheduled to be sentenced on June 25.
Why not hang the poor sod in public - all channels? Think that would make a difference?
I doubt it.
Drawn and quartered probably will meet their wishes.
It’s all about bending over backwards to appease the mob. Laws be damned.
The seeds of Civil War grow!
Some black will be a hero inside prison by killing him
How many different degrees of murder did they charge and convict Chauvin of?
Seems to me they will want to sentenced him concurrently life for first- degree murder, 75 years for a second-degree murder and another 30 years for manslaughter.
More like "Jesters".
The judge would’ve done everybody a favor if he would’ve declared a mistrial after Maxine Waters comments.
“...Why not hang the poor sod in public - all channels? Think that would make a difference?
I doubt it...”
Nah, turn him over to Black Lives Matter and tell them they can do whatever they want to him, and after that, announce that all police forces in the western world will be standing down, as of tomorrow, and that from now on, the Crips and Bloods will be in charge of maintaining order in the cities.
/yes, sarc
This is indeed problematic. Laws and punishments exist for a reason and that is to avoid abuse by the mob or judicial system.
If this “idea” of extra-judicial punishment is permitted to foment the mob, we are nothing but a nation of true tyranny of the masses.
At that point, what is the purpose of the law? The purpose becomes nothing and the Law no longer exists.
The ‘mob’ is going after ANYONE up there exhibiting the least bit of sanity ... they are out for the Sheriff of Ramsey county, where St. Paul and the capitol reside.
See, the Sheriff, live-streaming his patrol of after-dark streets and gas stations of St. Paul shows just TOO MUCH reasonable, paced, common sense “patrolling” in contradiction to the narrative the press and politicans want published in the NOOSE PAPERS. Yes, ‘noose’ papers.
“St. Paul City Council members want formal review of sheriff’s ‘Live on Patrol’ show”
BE SURE to read the comments where a few ‘cranks’ voice the press/pol narrative ... “can’t have our police looking rational!!”
ALL the articles on this: https://tinyurl.com/4hyu535p
On the other side for a different race they would be crying into hankies over the cruelty of capital punishment and the over incarceration of persons of color.
The Negro's in this country are making this damaged man a prime example for their children to emulate.
“Situational” law... who knew?
Cheer up haters. The Feds can still tack on hate crime and civil rights violations on this poor bastard.
Kinda like the US supported ISIS Terrorists in Syria Burn People in Cages?
Indeed. The more gory and loathsome, the more the 'woke' crowd, BLM, Antifa and the rest of the Democrat/communists
will have their blood lust satiated.
They might as well go full William Wallace - gutted, castrated, and bled to death to appease the current tyrant.
These Prosecutors should go on TV to announce this so the Public can know their Names and Faces.
I think many of us would like to see the prosecutors, the Judge, the Minnesota AG and everyone that ever held a molotov cocktail in jail forever than we do Chauvin.
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