Judge dismisses 3rd-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin in death of George Floyd; still faces 2nd-degree murder & manslaughter charges
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Subject: Judge dismisses 3rd-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin in death of George Floyd; still faces 2nd-degree murder & manslaughter charges Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:38 pm
A judge has dismissed the third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin over the killing of black man George Floyd after the white cop knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes as he begged for air and said 'I can't breathe'.
Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill granted a motion to dismiss the charge against the former Minneapolis police officer in a ruling Thursday morning.
Cahill wrote in a 107-page court ruling that prosecutors did not have probable cause for the charge because there was no evidence Chauvin's actions were 'eminently dangerous' to anyone other than Floyd.