Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was charged with second-degree murder on Wednesday in the death of George Floyd, and three other former officers who were present during the killing were charged with aiding and abetting murder
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Chauvin and the remaining three officers, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, were fired after the episode. Kueng and Lane held down Floyd’s lower body while Chauvin pinned down his neck. Thao stood nearby and watched. “I strongly believe that these developments are in the interests of justice for Mr. Floyd, his family, our community and our state,” he said at the news conference
“This is a bittersweet moment for the family of George Floyd,” read the statement, which was released by the family’s lawyer, Ben Crump. “We are deeply gratified that Attorney General Keith Ellison took decisive action in this case, arresting and charging all the officers involved in George Floyd’s death and upgrading the charge against Derek Chauvin to felony second-degree murder.
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