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Originally Posted by Icky Thump
Eight minutes he had his knee on neck. I know the premeditation has to be before the act but which act? The encounter or the knee on neck?
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I’d say the continued application of the knee after Floyd’s complaints and the crowd telling the cop he was killing Floyd was a premeditated act. If prosecuting, I’d argue premeditation can occur in the midst of an act. He placed knee on Floyd, learned it was likely or definitely killing Floyd, and kept it there, showing he developed premeditation when he first learned he was stopping Floyd from breathing and reaffirmed it each time he was told to stop but refused.
But this is all academic now. They charged 3rd degree to play it safe. Now the judge just has to throw the fuck away forever, so he can be appropriately beaten to hamburger by prisoners twice a week for the rest of his life. (They put cops in protective wings of jails, but the population still finds a way to beat the piss out of them. And they will beat this guy until he’s had more concussions than a professional wrestler.)
