Following the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, three former Minneapolis police officers face charges of aiding and abetting in the murder of George Floyd. Former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne explains the charges and how their trials could play out.
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Trial Awaits Three Former Minneapolis Officers Facing Charges In George Floyd’s Death | NBC News NOW
This is,what I’m waiting for, these three to go to jail after being convicted like Chauvin and they should be charged with the exact same thing Chauvin was charged with even though they aren’t.
They don’t deserve a pleasure they deserves jail time plea.
Give them all life
So these other three should be afraid. Each should get the maximun sentence allowed by law and their family members should be interviewed. This behavior has a comfort zone to be found in their history!
Plea offers is not that ladies best 2 words put together 😆
It is particularly important to punish the other officers present because complacency is at the heart of the problem of abusive policing. One very bad cop relies heavily on the tolerance or assistance of his coworkers, to a degree even worse than in civilian accomplices. Lying to their superiors is practically expected behavior and just one step away from perjury, which is all too common. These practices are the core of the ‘blue line’ ethos, which is actually gang criminality. Additionally, punishment for all four accomplices to murder would render the police union meaningless, a step worth taking.
Its gonna be impossible to get good police. I mean this case was tough. The fact that Floyd was saying he couldn’t breathe for ten minutes while resisting and thr fact the doctor said he would have called it an overdose death I thought was enough reasonable doubt. It’s for the best. I was pretty concerned about the case the prosecution presented and thought it would be tough to convict. I didnt want to see more destruction of our country so it’s for the best.
Can someone cash app me $7 @ $dogg1308 Thk u & God Bless
must be her nerves
These PCs of chit will soon be eating poop w/there dinner too, thx to inmates in the kitchen 💕
Tao needs to go down. What an ahole.
I saw the full video from the BODY CAMS. HE died of an overdose. I really hope she is confronted by a George FLoyd type without police protection.
Jail all of them
The police departments need total reform. It just wasn’t happening there it was everywhere.
It’s truly sad and unfortunate how a confrontation can go from bad to worse….
Why is it people involved in illegal activity would rather fight and resist when confronted by the law.
Many would still be alive today, both Police and those illegal activity offenders that wouldn’t obey at all.
It’s being responsible for our actions, not race, nationality, political affiliation or even the color of our skin.
Police, Military and First Responders keep us safe, respecting these dedicated men and women is where it must begin.
A good COP reports the bad ones. If afraid report annonomus.
Come on if strangers on the street including a little child wanted to help George why Not a grown man, police training, CPR certified, an OATH TO PROTECT and SERVE. All 4 let GEORGE FLOYD DIE. ALL 4 are GUILTY.
There is no way they all walk even if it is a jury or judge. Hateful people may deny it but the truth is clear.
These officers who practise this version of omerta should be rooted out and dismissed America , you might find you have enough officers left to form an ethical police force . From my viewpoint your policing presently provides some of the greatest risk to your citizens , whether by criminally inclined individuals within or by political direction from some of your less honourable politicians . How many tourists know of your practice to shoot dead people accused of minor road infractions , you have a proxy civil war going on recognise it and address it . I would love to visit your great country but I do find the possibility of being murdered arbitrarily by your police or some crazy oik with an armalite very enticing . Realistically and statistically this is unlikely to happen to a tourist but your PR could do with a bit of work .
robert kelly
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These officers who practise this version of omerta should be rooted out and dismissed America , you might find you have enough officers left to form an ethical police force . From my viewpoint your policing presently provides some of the greatest risk to your citizens , whether by criminally inclined individuals within or by political direction from some of your less honourable politicians . How many tourists know of your practice to shoot dead people accused of minor road infractions , you have a proxy civil war going on recognise it and address it . I would love to visit your great country but I do NOT find the possibility of being murdered arbitrarily by your police or some crazy oik with an armalite very enticing . Realistically and statistically this is unlikely to happen to a tourist but your PR could do with a bit of work. Missed the very important NOT in my first posting ,sorry
That tou officer was nasty, the other cop that showed concerned, I don’t think he should go to prison..
This still doesn’t change anything them racist trash just killed a black father of 10 a 16 year old girl and there will more.
Thank you to the Prosecutors, Jerry Blackwell and Steve Schleicher & others for an EXCELLENT & thorough presentation of this very important case. Thank you to the jurors for having to watch & listen to that sickening video over & over again that the Defense kept running. It was unnecessary. May JUSTICE prevail in other cases where Afro-Americans are needlessly murdered at the hands of white cops. 💜
Criminal worship is ridiculous. It has to stop.
1 dirty cop down
Another 3 dirt bags awaiting trail
Many more to take down
This is just the start 💯💯💯
He didn’t just die he was killed. We can’t just keep cleaning up these things he was KILLED!!!
Blue Lives Matter
Go after Zimmerman now
CNN said they were WHITE SUPREMACIST COPS. But two of these guys are non white!
Lying media lying again.
Former Officer Thao should go to jail as well. He stood there and prevented EMT from assisting. After everything the Asian community is going through he had the audacity to assist in the murder. He was just as arrogant as Chauvin.
Ima just say the world is better to live in if we weren’t all so worried about putting people down to get ahead.💯
Aiding and abetting… Find them guilty as well….
YEAAAAHHHH BOYY! Justice to the pigs!
Tou Thao your next!!!! I can’t wait to see his face when he’s sentenced
They 100% need to be held accountable!!!
I knew it. If he was found guilty, their best bet would be to take plea deals.
Send them all to prison
I feel sorry for the Asian guy. what? it was his first day on the job and Chauvin was his training officer. How unlucky can you get?
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Derek displaced innocence in humanity, he showed the world what horror was running backwards.
Body cam show that one of them asked Chauvin to turn Floyd over when he was not responsive, but Chauvin refused.
When is their trial can’t wait to watch it if it’s televised
Sometime in August. They 2 have pleaded, NOT GUILTY! ppfftt! 😱 I wonder how they’re all feeling now that they see Chauvin’s in jail on 3 counts of Murder!
Seriously? They are charging the rookies? The rookies are simply innocent. They were taught to do what a higher ranking officer says. They didn’t have the experience to know what to do. I don’t like cops but this is malicious prosecution.
No son culpables estaban haciendo su trabajo ellos se protegen de que le salga un loco un drogado un pistolero etc y no saben cuando arrestan a alguien no saben si están enfermas si están enfermas que andan haciendo en la calle causando problemas en si los policías se arriesgan su vida no saben con que loco les va a salir cada dia ellos arriesgan su vida
That Chinese boy needs to get 15 years
I don’t think he’s Chinese, the name sounds more Vietnamese, according to our Vietnamese neighbor.
@Dennis thanks 😊 but him need 15 years same way
Down goes Chauvin!
Bully Boys – Alexander, Lane, & Thao are next.
O you get to go to jail….there going to get stuffed like turkeys, little chickens.
Hello,Too,Each,And Every,Single Prosecution’s DA,s,Attorney’s,Law Enforcement’s,Please,Do, Acknowledge,That,These,Three Officer’s,Did,Not,Serve and Protected,Mr,Floyd,From,Being Seriously Hurt or Murdered,By,Their,Police Partner’s, Action’s,That,Was,Clearly Sean,By,Their Officer,These,Three Officer’s,Has,No,Good Credible Defense,These,Three Officer’s, Protected,Their,Police Officer’s, Extremely,Gross,Shameless,Violent,Abuse,Being Inflicted,Too, Mr,Floyd,Please,Acknowledge,That,These,Three,Officer’s,Was,Pleased to what ever Damage,Was,Being Inflicted,Too,Mr,Floyd,By,Their,Police Officer,It’s,Clear that other’s,Would have Been Hurt,By,These,Three Officer’s,Would have Fault any Person’s,Attempt’s,Too,Save the Life,Of,Mr,Floyd,From being Murdered,Let’s,Acknowledge, Policing,Law Enforcement’s,Attorney’s DA’s,These,Three Officer’s,Are,Co
Conspirator’s,Organized Police Criminal Code Operation’s,In,Police Abusiveness,Against,The Public American’s,All four Officer’s,Are,Guilty,Of,The Murder,Of, Mr,Floyd,Please, Acknowledge,That,Police Officer’s,Are,One,When Ever,They,Are,Working together,They all have done A good Job,Or,Just,Abused,An,American Citizen’s,God,Giving Constitutional Right’s,That,No,Man,Has, Authority’s,Too,Take from You,These,Are,Policing Operation’s,Over,The Year’s,Of,Police Operational Abusiveness,Against the Public,It’s,On,Camera,Please, American’s,Let’s,Repent, You’re,Brother, Gaylord Daney.
Devil’s
it wasn’t just the video, it was the video leading up to the protests, riots and burning down of cities that got this verdict. everyone helped out.
Floyd was a criminal and a drug addict… And now he is the hero for black people everywhere… Black people need better role models…
So do Trump supporters.
@Hunter Roberts Billionaire, past US President… What a terrible guy to aspire to.
I heard the funniest thing , some politician says Floyd deserves our respect. So I have to ask for what does he deserve respect for fighting with cops from being arrested on drugs. He is no hero just a criminal who got a media that needs ratings
it will be a special dedication for the fellow cops
They are all the same bad
Cops
I get so sick and tired of hearing this bull crap if one of the three soldiers died, soldiers because they’re acting like soldiers anymore what it just got up and kicked this police officer and a side of his head instead of helping him murdered his black man it’ll be a different story there’s always a lot of what if what if what if now it’s time for him to go spend his time in prison and pay for what he’s done this officer should get life in the other ones that helped him well we have a low out there because we wanted to put more black men in prison if you’re with somebody for 4/5 of inside one of his end up killing somebody while you’re all up for murder well guess what these three should be up for manslaughter murder and second-degree in the whole nine yards so whenever the main cat gets it they should get the same at least and if not well y’all know what a kangaroo court is
Chauvin had multiple complaints against him, it was just a matter of time that he was gon get what he deserved. It’s just sad that it cost Mr.Floyd his life before Chauvin was exposed for the evil person he is. Looking at his new mugshot his eyes look soulless. 😱
The other three “huwyte officers”😷You cannot make this up🙄! Living in a🤡🌎
You worried ’bout leaving a better planet for our kids
How ’bout leaving better kids for our planet?
Entire generation offended at everything
Getting mad that a human thinks all lives matter
We don’t need black or white or left or right
All we need is common sense, we need balance
We’re all in the same boat, why you tryna make holes?
If they sink, we sink, this is madness
I’m offended that you’re offended by me taking offense
Trump can’t build a wall, why does your house have a fence?
I believe in two genders, I’m not mad at the rest
I’m just confused when a dude has a beard and some breasts
We won’t always agree, no
I don’t hate all police, no
I don’t think that the system’s racist
I just think the system hates people
I think fighting violence with more violence is what they want
Viruses and riots, people dying, we won’t stay home
Black lives matter, all lives matter, what’s all this division for?
It’s modern segregation, this is setting up a civil war
Burn this circus down ’cause the world is full of clowns
They’re all stupid and they’re proud, painted smiles on they mouths
I don’t hang with bozos, homie, I can’t be around you
Anyone who knows me knows my feet don’t fit in clown shoes
When I was a child, the only races that we hated
Were the ones that we ran and didn’t win
Then we stopped playing with each other, started hating on each other
Started noticing the color of our skin
Christians and atheists, immigrants, patriots
We love the country but we are not saving it
Wages don’t raise to the rate of inflation
And half of the country hates all of the nation, it’s
Funny that we think the world owes us something
All the phones got smart but the people so dumb
We care more about the likes on a selfie than our moms
And the only time we ever speak the truth’s when we’re drunk
We won’t always agree, no
I don’t hate all police, no
Your thoughts and opinions ain’t facts
And they are not defining my reality, no
I think picking sides divides, it’s probably what has got us here
United States is great regardless, that’s what we forgot in here
Black lives matter, all lives matter, what’s all this division for
It’s modern segregation, this is setting up a civil war
Burn this circus down ’cause the world is full of clowns
They’re all stupid and they’re proud, painted smiles on they mouths
I don’t hang with bozos, homie, I can’t be around you
Anyone who knows me knows my feet don’t fit in clown shoes
They tell you, “Be yourself”, and then they judge you on the internet
Till everybody hates you for it
If Jesus was alive, I swear to God that y’all would cancel him
‘Cause lately being negative’s the real new normal, yeah
If you’re thick, you’re fat, you’re rich, you’re bad
You’re poor, you’re black, you’re white, you’re whack, they lie, it’s facts
My generation needs a bunch of free condoms
‘Cause common sense ain’t that common
This is what they wanted, this is how they planned it
This is to control everyone on the planet
Then we put each other in caskets, protest in panic
And they take advantage to manage the damage
We won’t always agree, no
Freedom doesn’t come free, no
There was people fighting, dying overseas
So that you could have freedom and be home
I think the elites are real but they ain’t drinking babies’ blood
They’re creating chaos so they have something to save you from
Black lives matter, all lives matter, what’s all this division for?
It’s modern segregation, this is setting up a civil war
Burn this circus down ’cause the world is full of clowns
They’re all stupid and they’re proud, painted smiles on they mouths
I don’t hang with bozos, homie, I can’t be around you
Anyone who knows me knows my feet don’t fit in clown shoes
Clown🤡World🌎by Tom MacDonald
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=koO35JqBQMI
if you say fentanyl 3 times in a mirror … CANDYFLOYD will show up and burn down your local autozone
Man, there are some dumb fuck’n people on here. Most are brainwashed and dependent on the Democrats.
They deserve it. For the unnecessary hate against one’s colour
Only a few bad apples in the bunch. Well then, chop down the tree because there was 4 bad ones there and not a good one in the bunch to stop it.
such a sham. nbc and the media poropoganda machine must come down.
Lock em up they didn’t even bother to tell the Chauvin to take his dam knee off Floyd’s Neck. Had one of these officers stepped up Floyd would be alive and nobody going to jail. It’s common sense if you see an officer over using his power stop him it will save lives and have a better out come for all.
Film the Police.. it’s well within your rights to film anything you can see.. The only way the Police can intervene is if you are obstructing them. So Filming them as was done here was perfectly within ANY citizens rights. Watch YouTube and search the many people who film ‘First Ammendment Audits’ and discover how your civil liberties are downtrodden daily by power crazed Cops and Government employee’s.
It seems if that if they are on a high stress job for long time its not good for anyone, not them are other’s, in the medical field, ER doctors tend to not be able to go 9,10 yrs doing emergencies, in ER, it desensitized them ,,they don’t last long,they burn out,so the same for high stress cop jobs,maybe it should be limitations to how long they can do the job for.
On the stand, that courageous young girl of 17, Darnella Frazier, who took that vid. that went viral, said while crying that she apologized to George Floyd 4 not doing more to help him. I just want her to know that she did help George Floyd by taking that sickening vid. You did good Darnella, Thank you! 💛 💙 💜 💚 ❤
It’s so ironic when police officers go to prison.
Sooo… Seeing the shitshow of a echo chamber here. Im gonna go ahead and say this.
If you were keeping up with the trial. The majority of the evidence had placed severe doubt over all the charges that has been placed onto the officer. Even the prosecutions evidence was poking holes in their own arguments as it was countered by the opposition
This wasn’t really a fair trial. But more of a political trial where someone was made to take the fall for activism. Which is part of the problem woth todays justice system and sensitive issues.
There’s no guarantee that the trial will be fair with how media and social mobs have been viciously attacking this. And how long it took for a trial to come. Most of the time, a jury has to be selected from an “uncontaminated” bunch. Meaning they have little information about the events outside of the trials. And are kept away from news and social media.
If this trend continues. We will start seeing a much different issue of similar scale to what people are seeing with floyd.
Please don’t look up the murder of Tony Timpa . His murder will change how you see all media .
This is the only way the other three officers could get a lesser prison time. You’re ready? If Chauvin was the lead officer at the scene when the incident happened, the other three officers can say in their defense that “they was following Chauvin’s instructions”.
People, Be Brave, Exercise your rights, Bring down these police scalawags and bring them to justice and held into account. As for the police officers stop protecting your own ranks, stand up come forward and speak out against these rouge officers in your ranks and weed them out. The American policing needs to be overhauled from the ground up one of those methods is a strict background checks on prospective police officers similar to the system used by London’s Metropolitan Police that later a serving police officer was convicted of being part of a banned Neo Nazi group under the Terrorism Act .
Oh great! And blacks who were not in a commercial yet, please sign up at NBC. Thank you., 😂😂😂
It’s a bit tough for the rookies though
Thanks Candance. She is on youtube if you want to check her out
Keep those cell phones charged and ready.
Brass felt a desperate “need to take the pressure off” themselves , indeed. Just as politicians dump a myriad of social-economic problems on “policing”.
Here we go again with the “Bad Apple” theory of Police-Brutality. While yesteryear’s meme was “Super-Predator”.
A pre-meditated diversionary tactic.
Let’s see if Biden/Harris Neoliberfalism is successful in detracting from the truth: The ‘Apple-Cart'(el) theory of criminal-injustice.
The whole cart is rotten.
The establishment fuels obsession with the “street-corner” small-time-dealer of police-abuse. Get us hooked on viral ‘reality-tv’.
Let’s focus also on the cartel’s “Kingpins”. Like the authors of the “Crime-bills” and military-prison-weapons-industrial-police-state-complex.
To eradicate state-sponsored terror, targetting the frontline soldiers is a Sisyphean delusion.
Focus on the Kingpins. Dismantle the cartel.
Party hearty tonight. Tomorrow, a rude awakening awaits.
Oh, BTW, Mama, don’t forget to tell Junior to behave. We’re in occupied-territory. Remind them it’s a warzone.
These three police officers should start praying hard. No way, in the world you could get away from this. No one from the three of you from the video showed concern or even attempt to stop Chauvin especially during the time that George Floyd, repeatedly saying “I can’t breath”. Even when he is no longer breathing, no one from you attempted to check his pulse. You ignored the crowd asking all of you that he is not resisting and to check his pulse. You deserved to be in jail together with Chauvin.
I doubt they’ll be doing a jury trial now.
Life is Life blue black white we all bleed red they all will get what they deserve it’s time to stop in when you are looking at the CRIMES THE PLOICE IS DOING…CARMA IS A !!!!!YOU KNOW WHATTT😇😇😇🤦🏻♀️
Just imagine all the thousands of other cases of minorities dieing in the hands of police that we just took the word of the police.
If George Floyd were alive today, and I saw him on the street, I would have a difficult time not choking him to death for robbing a pregnant woman at gunpoint, and then standing by as she was pistol whipped. Jesus Christ, the guy died with three times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system, we’re going to convict a cop of second degree murder with that level of reasonable doubt?
Convict all of them. Send a message to police officers as the saying goes.
Send them all down !!!
ALL MUST FACE CHARGE AND LONG TERM SENTENCES. THESE KKK ARE HIDING BEHIND THE BADGE! AND ALL COPS SHOULD BE DRUG 💉 TESTED EVERY WEEK!
JUST imagine how many other george floyd style murders have happened without any trial, or video!
That’s why there needs to be police reform!
Tonight, I was thinking about how the right uses childish nicknames for everyone: “Crooked Hillary”, “Sleepy Joe”, “Little Mike” (Michael Bloomberg), “Lyin Ted”, “Flakey Flake”, “Crazy Nancy”, etc, etc. So I thought to myself, “Hmm, it might be kinda fun to come up with a list of my own….for THEM!” They’re not great, but it oddly made me feel better to create it! LOL!
“Traitorous Trump”
“Masochistic Melania”
“Panicked Pence”
“Meaningless Mitch”
“Junior Jordan” (he’s very short)
“Guilty Gaetz”
“Liable Lindell”
“Hapless Hannity”
“Tacky Tucker”
“Laughable Laura”
“Grumpy Gutfeld”
“Pathetic Pirro”
“Deranged DeSantis”
“Mental Marjorie”
“Loopy Lauren”
“Nutty Noem”
“Coward Cruz”
“Goofy Gohmert”
“Abbott & Costello”
“Shifty Shapiro”
“Cantankerous Candace”
“Cranky Crowder”
“Tainted Trey”
“Pathetic Palin”
“Kayleigh McInsane-y”
“Nagging Nikki”
“Mini Marco”
“Raging Rand”
“Lame Lindsey”
“Scary Scalise”
“Righteous Romney”
“Mumbling McCarthy”
“Jobless Jared”
“Rogaine Rick”
“Calorie Christie”
“Mediocre Marsha” (Blackburn)
“No-Chuckle Chuck” (Grassley)
“Switching Susan” (Collins)
“Corny Cornyn”
“Gloomy Toomey”
“Murky Murkowski”
Can you think of any more to add??
Why don’t I hear the media talk about Tony Timpa?
Wow…I have to say…it is sooooo refreshing to read through the comments here, and see words spelled correctly, and thoughts well articulated. I’ve spent the last several days trolling the comment sections of Fox and Newsmax videos, and WHOA!!! It is incomprehensible to see the level of ignorance, paranoia, conspiracy, fanaticism, aggression, and utter lack of critical thinking skills! It’s honestly quite scary and VERY disheartening to think that the right is filled to the brim with “God-Fearing American Patriots” who actually have the right to vote. Yikes!
This is to the young girl who took the video that the whole world saw. Darnella Frazier, you said on the stand that you felt sorry that you didn’t do anything to help George Floyd. I want you to know that you did help George Floyd by recording what Derek Chauvin was doing. You did help George Floyd and I and many, many others THANK YOU and GOD BLESS YOU! 💛 💙 💜 💚 ❤
If you are a decent human being you would have known that Mr Floyd was in danger of suffocating, but not one of them gang members helped the poor guy out. The public knew he was suffocating but the police knew and did nothing but to assist in mr Floyd death they are as guilty as the x cop that killed mr Floyd.
he was overdosing on dangerous drugs
Y other 2 officers in the county they didn’t do anything y they get ?
Surely you cannot prosecute the Rookie officers? 3rd shift and this? Come on. There was NO way they could have told him to get off.
Think he’ll get 20 years.
Just imagine how many “George Floyd’s” will never see justice!
Their justice will be served by the hands of the Greatest of Judges! 🤲🏾✊🏾
Everyone involved in putting out that deliberately misleading/downplaying initial police statement has to be also held accountable and punished to set a stringent precedent to rooting out police racism, corruption and gang culture.
Sandra Bland is one that no one ever talks about. That woman died in police custody. She was perfectly healthy. They came out with some lame excuse as to why she died and I do not believe a thing they said.
I don’t like this plea bargaining deal they have going in the courts. We should not be allowing anyone to get away with a crime just because he made the DA’s job easier. They were just as guilty as the person or persons the police want information on that will lead to an arrest. I believe this plea bargaining system lead to more crimes in the long run. While some states say they have outlawed quotas, they are still doing it undercover.
if only the 20 dollar bill was real…..
Parents should raise Leaders not Followers, because Followers don’t know where they are going. These Followers will be going to prison.
CHAUVIN’s SENTENCE? 6 months COMMUNITY SERVICE in a MATERNITY HOSPITAL doing LAUNDRY of NEWBORNS. LIFE-CHANGING indeed for a SACRIFICIAL LAMB for a HOSTAGED NATION by VIOLENT MOB of THUGS, LOOTERS & THIEVES. How many CITIES saved from DESTRUCTION? KNEE didn’t CAUSE DEATH of a CRIMINAL. A HANDCUFF is not a TOURNIQUET. CHAUVIN relented to NECK MOVEMENTS. POLITICIANS & CROOKS CAPITALIZED on the POPULAR NARRATIVE, all UNINITIATED PEOPLE were SOLD to the DRAMA of the VIRAL VIDEO.