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Prosecution: Chauvin "did what he did on purpose, and it killed George Floyd" Prosecuting attorney Steve Schleicher used his closing arguments to once again outline why ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's actions on May 25, 2020, were a "felony level of assault."   "As you know, in the laws in this state, if you commit a certain level of assault, a felony level of assault, and the person dies as a result of your assault, you are guilty of murder. It's as simple as that," the attorney said.  "And what the defendant did here was a straight-up felony assault, this was not policing. ...

Prosecution: Floyd told officers "thank you" when they initially pulled him out of the car Prosecutor Steve Schleicher delivers the state's closing arguments on April 19. Pool Prosecuting attorney Steve Schleicher played footage from Derek Chauvin's body camera and told the jury that as officers pulled George Floyd out of the car and put him on the ground, he said "thank you." Schleicher told the jury that once Floyd was on the ground he did not resist. "A reasonable officer in the defendants position at that time should have recognized and understood, he wasn't trying to escape. He wasn...