(05-29-2020, 02:27 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(05-29-2020, 02:17 PM)Gabe Wrote: Kneeling officer arrested & charged with 3rd degree murder & manslaughter.

Sounds about right.  The murder charge may be hard to prove, but the manslaughter charge should stick.

I'm honestly curious to know how this is not murder. Murder is intentional and manslaughter isn't? I suppose it's the definitions of murder and manslaughter that make it different. I need to look them up to clarify. Then you have the levels of degree that further defines the crime and determines the punishment. 

In my opinion that cop straight up killed that man. Regardless of what happened before the camera started rolling, the man was restrained on the ground with a knee in his throat and two other officers holding him down. Even if the guy had been tripping on PCP, there was no reason for the cop to kneel on his throat for four minutes. None.

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