Re:How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
by devalgo on Monday June 01, 2020 @01:30PM
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The officer in question has been charged with murder. The Minnesota Governor and AG were both advocating for charges basically since day 1 and well before the protests so it's not at all clear the turmoil influenced his arrest.
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Re:How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
by joshribakoff on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:58PM
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There was more than one murderer. There were 4 murderers. The police chief said as such, which is unprecedented for a police chief to say.
Re:How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
by teachrdan on Monday June 01, 2020 @02:06PM
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To the contrary, the prosecutor had this to say about why he had not pressed charges:
'But my job in the end is to prove he violated a criminal statute - but there is other evidence that does not support a criminal charge.'[0]
This quotation is from a tabloid, but the quote--and the DA's failure to say unequivocally that he would prosecute Floyd's killer, Chauvin--contributed to the riots.
And then Chauvin was arrested the day after riots started.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8367221/Prosecutors...
Re:How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
by devalgo on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:18PM
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Attorney General != District Attorney last time I checked.
Re:How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
by jessaustin on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @07:45AM
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DAs decide whether to file murder charges. AGs are not relevant to the process.
Re:How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
by brokenmachine on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @12:58AM
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If I, as a citizen, went along with three cronies to murder a man, those three cronies would all catch murder charges as well.