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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
The act is the continued application of the knee after learning that it was killing the man. Each statement made to the cop that he was killing Floyd arguably triggers a unique act in response to it. Each time the cop is confronted with the decision to stop doing something that is killing a man and refuses to do so he is deciding, with premeditation (which can be short), to kill the man.
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I went to law school, and I've briefed and argued some weak cases, so I hear your theory, but under that theory every murder that is not instantaneous would be premeditated. Plus, the next second of knee doesn't kill without the prior minutes, the "act" doesn't restart.
