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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
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.)
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They’re going to say he complained about breathing before the knee, thus the knee wasn’t the breathing problem and the cop wasn’t wrong to keep kneeling on him. He will be acquitted and the city will, rightly, explode again. I can’t promise I won’t join them (but kid, but pandemic we’re trying to get my in-laws through).
I’m a shitty protester because it’s mostly standing around and I get bored, but seriously, fuck the police.
Also, 3rd degree depraved indifference is the right charge based on the video. Maybe they can develop evidence for more, but going away for 25 years is also a good start.
