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 have they latched on to Derek Chauvin as the arch criminal who needs more severe prosecution than the law specifies? That is ridiculous. How many white people have been brutally MURDERED (and what Chauvin did was not murder, more like manslaughter) by blacks and nothing much was done except jail them for some time? Plenty who even murdered cops in cold blood have been let out on parole. But no, these sick fatherless whores of prosecutors want to use Chauvin to gain PC brownie points. A pox on them!
You mean the prosecutors, in seeking more severe penalties than the state guidelines for the conviction, wish to inflict cruel and unusual punishment on Chauvin?
Prosecutors aren’t interested in justice. They’re interested in scalps.
I believe Derek Chauvin knows that he’s just gonna let all this crap subside
and get out of the news and then get a re-trial Or appeal.
and you’ll probably be found course not guilty
because he didn’t kill George Floyd
I mean. come on.
As we know at the time late May early June the left was looking for a “triggering” event so that they could unleash for hell and fury on the United States
They were really trying to get the Arbery case and Atlanta going which is pretty bad actually(Black kid shot running away by police).
But they couldn’t really get traction on it
Now here’s where Derek Chauvin comes in
He knows he sitting there for nine minutes or whatever it was that he’s being filmed
That it’s probably being broadcast all over the world
he had to know that
there’s no question that he knew that.
Now these two new each other and maybe he just didn’t really think anything of it ( he knew Floyd etc )
but the fact that the left was so able to capitalize on that video
that image of his knee on George Floyd’s neck
is still the amazing thing to look at
as the left was able to make it there “ triggering event “ that they needed
My assertion is they would’ve come up with something else if the Floyd incident hadn’t happened.
Or if George Floyd didn’t die. Think about that for a second
if he didn’t die - none of this would’ve happened!
Right ?
If Floyd didn’t basically OD on fentanyl( which is why he died At hispoital 12 to 24 hours later ). of asphyxia
if he didn’t die
none of this would’ve happened
Now Black Lives Matter all started with the Brown incident in 2013
hands up don’t shoot
we all remember that
And of course of Trayvon Martin. The skittles affair
The point of making here is there’s at least a dozen of these incidents a week
but most of them just never make it to the news
We’re just starting to see the actors who created the crimes in June 2020 now getting lengthy prison sentences
that’s how slow the wheels of justice turn
The interesting thing to think about now is that the left is in “charge” and so they don’t really WANT TO RIOT.
as much as they normally would if a Republican or especially Trump was in charge
Now leftists are going to be leftisds.
and people ( kids ). that just want to steal stuff or just gonna be those type of people
The complete implosion of democrat cities is also interesting to watch
San Francisco is achieved 2 more levels in the depths of hell. For example
Two. Second-degree murder and third-degree murder.
The old William Wallace Treatment: Draw, quarter, fingers & toes, then his nose. Mount the parts in a cage for all the public to see. (We’ll show you!) After two weeks: Place parts in a deciduous tree for birds to eat! (Yum!)
Prosecutors argued in the documents that Chauvin should receive a tougher sentencing.....
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They know that an appeal is coming and they are doing what they can to create some advance bias.....
OK. So he either committed 2 murders or they are guilty of double indemnity by charging and convicting him of 2 murders.
The communists who now rule America just want to make the USSA safe for themselves and the communists who voted for them...
Amazing how differently they are treating Chauvin vs. the Negroid cop who murdered Caucasian Ashli in cold blood...
Yep.
The 5th Amendment prevents being tried twice for the same offense. Second degree murder and third degree murder are different offenses.
The law is just used by democrat party soldiers as lawfare against their enemies. Anyone thinking of surrendering to police needs to know this before making that decision.
So if the number of police officers continues to decline and the crime rate in poor neighborhoods soars who ya gonna call?
Prosecutors to Burn, Loot and Murder: Now will you behave?
Rules are for republicans.
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.
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Do you mean consecutively? Concurrent means he would serve all sentences at the same time.
Thank you. I meant consecutively.
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