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Derek Chauvin, who was convicted on murder and manslaughter charges, deserved a more severe sentence after he inflicted "gratuitous pain" on George Floyd last year, argued Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D).
George Floyd was presented as a full person, not just a body beneath a police officer’s knee. Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in his murder, remained an aloof figure.
MINNEAPOLIS â âHis name,â the prosecutor said, âwas George Perry Floyd Jr.â These seven words were the first the jury heard from Steve Schleicher, a prosecutor, in his closing argument in the trial of Derek Chauvin. With them Mr. Schleicher, standing in a bland Minneapolis courtroom, answered a call from the spirited streets 18 floors below, where protesters, for nearly a year, had been shouting a simple demand: Say His Name. Over the course of the three-week trial that ended last week with a murder conviction for Mr. Chauvin, a white former police officer whose victi...
George Floyd was presented as a full person, not just a body beneath a police officer’s knee. Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in his murder, remained an aloof figure.
MINNEAPOLIS — Hearing the prosecution’s medical experts, one after the next, testify that a lack of oxygen killed George Floyd was already enough to convince Lisa Christensen that Derek Chauvin was guilty of murder. Then the defense witnesses took to the stand — and they only solidified her confidence in the prosecution’s case. When one of them, Barry Brodd, a police expert, suggested that someone could rest comfortably in the prone position,...