Forgery suspect killed by cop restricting his airway

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Former officers charged in George Floyd killing turn blame on one another

MINNEAPOLIS — The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing appear to be turning on one another, with each offering significantly different versions of the infamous arrest that acknowledge Floyd should not have been allowed to die that day but also deflect the blame to others.

The four men have said in court documents that they all thought someone else was in charge of the scene on May 25 — with rookie officers arguing they were deferring to a veteran, and the veteran saying he was simply assisting in an arrest that was in progress. All have said in court documents that the relationship between the veteran officer — Derek Chauvin — and the others is at the heart of the issue, as each officer perceived their role, and who was in charge, quite differently. Chauvin was the officer shown with his knee on Floyd’s neck as he struggled to breathe in videos of the ill-fated arrest.

“There are very likely going to be antagonistic defenses presented at the trial,” Earl Gray, a lawyer for Thomas K. Lane, wrote in a legal motion filed here this week. “It is plausible that all officers have a different version of what happened and officers place blame on one another.”

Gray and lawyers for Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao have been arguing to separate the former officers’ cases for purposes of trial, citing competing stories from their clients about the events that led to the 46-year-old Black man’s death. The officers are scheduled to appear in court Friday as a judge takes up that question; prosecutors have been asking for a joint trial.

 

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Former officers charged in George Floyd killing turn blame on one another

They should be turning the blame on George Floyd and his lethal levels of fentanyl and his fluid-filled lungs.

 

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Former officers charged in George Floyd killing turn blame on one another

They should be turning the blame on George Floyd and his lethal levels of fentanyl and his fluid-filled lungs.

All these years of discussing policing and you still don't understand that once the police take someone into custody they become responsible for that person's well being, even when they aren't doing something dangerous like kneeling on the person's neck for almost 8 minutes.

 

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Former officers charged in George Floyd killing turn blame on one another

MINNEAPOLIS — The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing appear to be turning on one another, with each offering significantly different versions of the infamous arrest that acknowledge Floyd should not have been allowed to die that day but also deflect the blame to others.

The four men have said in court documents that they all thought someone else was in charge of the scene on May 25 — with rookie officers arguing they were deferring to a veteran, and the veteran saying he was simply assisting in an arrest that was in progress. All have said in court documents that the relationship between the veteran officer — Derek Chauvin — and the others is at the heart of the issue, as each officer perceived their role, and who was in charge, quite differently. Chauvin was the officer shown with his knee on Floyd’s neck as he struggled to breathe in videos of the ill-fated arrest.

“There are very likely going to be antagonistic defenses presented at the trial,” Earl Gray, a lawyer for Thomas K. Lane, wrote in a legal motion filed here this week. “It is plausible that all officers have a different version of what happened and officers place blame on one another.”

Gray and lawyers for Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao have been arguing to separate the former officers’ cases for purposes of trial, citing competing stories from their clients about the events that led to the 46-year-old Black man’s death. The officers are scheduled to appear in court Friday as a judge takes up that question; prosecutors have been asking for a joint trial.

I am about 99 percent certain that in the end, it will be determined to be the fault of Tou Thao. That's not the reality: it was Chauvin's knee on Floyd's neck, after all. But that's how it will turn out once it goes before the jury.