George Floyd 3 Officers. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison cautioned against a rush to judgement and said prosecutors will be careful and methodical in bringing charges. New charges have been announced against all of the sacked police officers present at the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison cautioned against a rush to judgement and said prosecutors will be careful and methodical in bringing charges. Floyd was near the store, sitting in a car with two other people, when the police arrived. Ben Crump, the lead attorney for George Floyd's family, speaks to press and the public Chauvin previously had been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, charges that remained in effect.
Chauvin's partner and two other officers who arrived on the scene as events unfolded have not been charged.
The other three officers, who restrained Floyd or stood guard while passersby pleaded for Chauvin to stop, were charged with aiding and abetting the murder.
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