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you don't "accidentally" kneel on someone's neck for 8 minutes while they scream that they can't breathe. he knew what he was doing. this was not an accident this was first degree murder. #RAISETHEDEGREE
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# more petitions to sign!!! call the numbers provided and help fight this!!!
also if you're going to argue with me about the first degree, here's what i'm gonna say because i keep explaining it in the replies. i think it's first degree because they worked together for 17 years. the cop saw george in the car, took him from the car, put him on the ground+
and then began to strangle him. he took him out of the car with the sole purpose of killing him. to me, this has premeditated elements. i'm not a lawyer so i don't know for sure, but all i'm saying is that TO ME, the right lawyer could argue first degree, but obviously++
we can all agree that it should at LEAST be second degree. and hopefully they get the murderer on civil rights charges that will put him away for life
i completely understand that it would be a reach for the first degree in court and i want to make sure this man goes to prison, but i think that it at least has premiditated elements, which i understand would not be enough to hold up in court
and i understand that, because of how corrupt and racist the justice system is, he would likely get off if it was first degree. but there's no reason to not raise it to the second degree. this was intentional. thank u to the law students in the replies explaining it!
https://twitter.com/hearteyeseden/status/1266505438054547457?s=21 there is NO reason for it to not be second degree. this was intentional. https://twitter.com/hearteyeseden/status/1266505438054547457
so i do wanna correct that the nightclub owner said that they worked together for a year not 17 years, but either way they did work together, either way they did likely know each other https://kstp.com/news/george-floyd-fired-officer-overlapped-security-shifts-at-south-minneapolis-club-may-28-2020/5743990/
