Authorities Attempt to Remanufacture Social Relations w/the Public Using Image of Black AG Announcing 2nd Degree "Unintentional Murder" Charge & Mug Shots of Other Cops Charged as Accessories

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday that he is upgrading the charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to second-degree murder in George Floyd’s killing and will also filed criminal complaints against officers Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao charge each of them with one count of aiding and abetting second-degree murder, and one of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. 

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had initially been charged with third-degree murder. A third-degree murder is an unintentional killing which results from an act eminently dangerous to others that is done with a wanton and willful disregard of an unreasonable risk to human life.

NO INTENT TO KILL HERE? The complaint says the white cop intended to commit a felony assault and while doing so he unintentionally killed Floyd. HE also KNEW HE WAS BEING RECORDED & DIDN’T GIVE A FUCK. WILL MORE BODYCAMS BE APART OF THE NEW REFORMS?

There are two kinds of 2nd degree murder charges in Minnesota; one requires proof the at the defendant intended to kill and the other covers unintended murders where the defendant caused the unintended death during the commission of a felony. Minnesota chose the latter ((2) of Subdivision 2 below) which requires the government to prove that officer Chauvin intended to commit a felony assault on George Floyd and when he did so, his death occurred. The following is from Minnesota Statute §609.195 (2020).

609.195 MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE

Subdivision 1.  Intentional murder; drive-by shootings. — Whoever does either of the following is guilty of murder in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 40 years:(1) causes the death of a human being with intent to effect the death of that person or another, but without premeditation; or

(2) causes the death of a human being while committing or attempting to commit a drive-by shooting in violation of section 609.66, subdivision 1e, under circumstances other than those described in section 609.185, paragraph (a), clause (3).

Subd. 2.  Unintentional murders. — Whoever does either of the following is guilty of unintentional murder in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 40 years:

(1) causes the death of a human being, without intent to effect the death of any person, while committing or attempting to commit a felony offense other than criminal sexual conduct in the first or second degree with force or violence or a drive-by shooting; or

(2) causes the death of a human being without intent to effect the death of any person, while intentionally inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily harm upon the victim, when the perpetrator is restrained under an order for protection and the victim is a person designated to receive protection under the order. As used in this clause, “order for protection” includes an order for protection issued under chapter 518B; a harassment restraining order issued under section 609.748; a court order setting conditions of pretrial release or conditions of a criminal sentence or juvenile court disposition; a restraining order issued in a marriage dissolution action; and any order issued by a court of another state or of the United States that is similar to any of these orders.

The other officers are charged with aiding and abetting Chauvin in the commission of a felony - the felony here is assault. Aiding and abetting - a "person is criminally liable for a crime committed by another if the person intentionally aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires with or otherwise procures the other to commit the crime." 

The complaints detail how none of the three officers took action to assist Floyd, change his position or reduce the force Chauvin was using. In fact, the complaint alleges that none of the three officers moved from their positions as Floyd begged for help.  

The criminal complaint states that the first felony count of aiding and abetting second-degree murder is punishable by up to 40 years in prison, while the second count of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $20,000. [MORE]

TRICKY TRICKY. Sleight of hand as the dependent media gives the false impression that an intent to kill murder charge was filed - confusing the public into better relations with authorities in The Spectacle

IN THE SPECTACLE we are shown that THERE HAS BEEN GREAT PROGRESS IN A centuries LONG LONG walk IN A CIRCLE. Above Rep Maxine Waters at a press conference to announce charges against cops who brutally tortured Rodney King on video in 1992. Last night on MSNBC she said it was progress when she called the cops racist in 1992. FUNKTIONARY explains:

The Spectacle - a constructed reality; the concrete inversion of life; via the autonomous movement of the apparently non-living. 2) the mirrorization of the noumenon into the phenomenal universe without understanding or overstanding it as such an objectivization in duality. The Spectacle is not a collection of images but a social relation among people mediated by images. The Spectacle is a theoretical construct—a tool for explaining many things about society; how people live vicariously through the dominant images of production, consumption and power relations. [MORE]

The Jurist reported that Ellison also warned that “In order to be thorough [to let the public cool off], this is going to take months [because the videos are sooo long]. It is better to make sure that we have a solid case, fully investigated, researched, before we go to trial, than to rush it. It will take a while, I can’t set a deadline on that.” In response to questions on past prosecutions of police officers in the US, Ellison acknowledged that no one in the US has successfully prosecuted a police officer for second-degree murder and that only one officer in Minnesota has been convicted of killing a civilian while serving in that role.

Ellison also acknowledged the protests throughout the country and stated that he believes that “Our country has under-prosecuted these matters, in Minnesota and throughout the country,” but also that “We can’t control the past—all we can do is take the case we have in front of us right now, and do our best to bring justice to the situation.”

Drew Evans, the superintendent of Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, also added that the authorities are in the process of taking the other three police officers involved into custody. Those officers have all now been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder as well as aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. He stated that “One is in custody, the other two we are in the process of taking into custody and expect them to this afternoon.”

Meanwhile, the protests against systemic racism in law enforcement and the killing of George Floyd have continued for the eighth day across the US. Protests have predominantly been peaceful. Most cities have continued to have few reported incidents of violence or looting. However, some locations have continued to see incidents of violent riots and intense clashes with police forces. Many cities have instituted curfews that remain in place, but many have been openly defied.