George Floyd's death: Ex-Minneapolis police officer pleads to dismiss murder charges

Former Minneapolis police officer accused in death of African American man George Floyd on August 29 pleed judge to dismiss murder charges against him, according to a local report that cited court papers. Derek Chauvin's attorney said that re was “ probable cause” to uphold charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter against defendant. However, prosecutors demanded, “stricter sentence” than recommended in state guidelines in case Chauvin and or three officers accused were proven guilty. court document reportedly has charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter against or three officers involved in alleged crime. 

attorney for a fired Minneapolis officer h also wanted local prosecutor dropped from case, an AP report confirmed. Former Officer J. Kueng’s attorney filed a motion last week accused Hennepin County Attorney, Mike Freeman, country’s top prosecutor of “compromised ethics” and “inability to impartially prosecute” case. Kueng, one of four accused officers h handcuffed Floyd who afterward succumbed to Chauvin’s knee chokehold for nearly eight minutes. Two or officers, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, present at scene are charged with aiding and abetting alleged murder. Appealing for an "urd sentencing departure” prosecutors filed a tice at court, citing unidentified reasons that go beyond "sentencing guidelines grid”, several reports claimed. filing lists sentence protocol in Minnesota that factors in criminal history of convicted and his codefendants with allegations of “abusing authority”. However, state argues that case has aggravated circumstances due to Floyd being handcuffed by officer Chauvin that particularly me de victim vulnerable.

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Thao’s attorney filed a motion

Earlier, last week, officer Tou Thao’s attorney filed a motion with district judge Peter Cahill in Hennepin County court to dismiss charges against his defendant, according to a separate report. However, prosecutors urged Minnesota judge t to drop charges accusing officer Thao of pushing back eyewitnesses and crowd of onlookers prohibiting rightful intervention to stop alleged crime.  “In first five minutes Floyd was on ground, he told officers at least 20 times that he could t brea. He told m nearly 10 times that he was dying. And n he fell silent,” prosecutors wrote in motion, as per AP news ncy report.

document furr re, “As Floyd lost consciousness, a crowd of bystanders pleed with Thao. y told him that officers were killing Floyd. y screamed that Floyd h stopped moving. y alerted Thao that Floyd h stopped breathing. And y begged Thao almost 30 times to take Floyd’s pulse,” filing continued. ”But inste of intervening on Floyd’s behalf, Thao continued to push crowd of bystanders back to sidewalk, allowing or officers to continue to pin Floyd to ground — with Chauvin on Floyd’s neck, Kueng on Floyd’s back, and Lane on Floyd’s legs.” Prosecutors also wanted to try four toger in hearing scheduled for March 8.

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