And charges for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin have been upgraded to include second-degree murder.
, third-degree murder carries a sentence of up to 25 years and is considered when someone causes someone's death"without intent."The latest charges come after Ellison took over the prosecution in Floyd's death, which was captured on video and has sparked days of unrest across the country asAccording to the criminal complaint filed against Chauvin, officers were called after someone reported that a customer had used a counterfeit $20 bill.
When officers tried to put him inside a police car, Floyd fell to the ground and told them he was claustrophobic, according to the complaint. When Floyd fell to the ground, Kueng and Lane held his back and legs as Chauvin pressed his knee into his neck.Thao is seen in the video standing over Chauvin and Floyd and then turning his back to face onlookers as they call on the officers to stop and check Floyd's pulse..
"These officers are complicit by their silence, but we now know based on the audio from their body cam that they also are accomplices because their failure to act when they knew that he did not have a pulse," Benjamin Crump, an attorney representing Floyd's family, said Wednesday near the site where the 46-year-old was killed."The system needed to be listening to George Floyd.
In the eyes of Floyd's family, Crump said, the three other officers are"just as guilty" for his death as Chauvin is. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who tweeted news of the charges before the attorney general's announcement, called the charges"another important step for justice."
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