All Four Former Police Officers Involved In George Floyd's Killing Now Face Charges.
All Four Former Police Officers Involved In George Floyd's Killing Now Face Charges.
The Ex Minneapolis Police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd's neck has been charged on Wednesday with a new, more serious count of second-degree murder, and his three other colleagues who were also on scene during his killing were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
Mr Derek Chauvin, who according to eyewitness report and also from the video, pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, was previously charged with a count of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The new second-degree murder charge says he killed Floyd "without intent" in the process of committing assault in the third degree, according to an amended complaint.
Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, who helped restrain Floyd, and Tou Thao, who according to the video and eyewitness stood near the others, were not initially charged. Lane, 37years, Kueng, 26years, and Thao, 34years, are now charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter, you know what that means..
Chauvin, 44years, was arrested last week and is being held at the Minnesota Department of Corrections facility in Oak Park. His bail was increased to the sum of $1 million on Wednesday, court documents show.
Lane, Kueng and Thao were taken into custody late Wednesday and are being held on same sum of $1 million bail, county jail records show.
Kueng's attorney, Tom Plunkett, said in a statement released that his client "was asked to turn himself in to face charges" Wednesday afternoon and was in custody 15 minutes later.
Second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree murder are punishable by up to 40 years in prison. Manslaughter and aiding and abetting manslaughter are punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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