Yes I did watch all of the video and I see an arrest using excessive force. He doesn’t need to have crushed his neck to have killed him with unreasonable force which you undoubtedly know based on the way you are trying to frame the situation.
He was convicted because he is guilty. Being a cop doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want like that group of jokers that day.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's second-degree murder conviction for the May 2020 killing of George Floyd. A three-judge panel also affirmed Chauvin's 22 1/2-year sentence. His attorney had asked the appeals court to throw out all of his...
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Appeals Judge Peter Reyes wrote for the panel. “When they commit a crime, they must be held accountable just as those individuals that they lawfully apprehend. The law only permits police officers to use reasonable force when effecting a lawful arrest. Chauvin crossed that line here when he used unreasonable force on Floyd.”