True - I need to look up the charges and definitions.
I now see though they they didn't pull him out of the car, he was pushing himself out the right door. So that adds more info and further refines the picture in my head of what was happening. I'm torn and still open to see what other evidence is presented. There's no way 9 min and 29 seconds on someone's neck when they had stopped struggling was rational, required or humane and it was clear there was a blatant disregard for George's life by the cop though. AND - the fact that Chauvin approached the car with his gun drawn was (to me) an unnecessary escalation of a situation before anything had really started.
(Full disclosure - my dad was a retired Philly cop and I grew up in West Philly - and he was a cop during the MOVE standoff).
This all makes me so sad. How do we ever get beyond this in my lifetime? Is it too far gone in this country?
I think it was Officer Lane that approached the car with gun drawn. I've been watching the HLN feed so it's a little delayed from the YouTube one because they stop and talk and of course commercials and the police procedure expert on there was talking about that today.
I'm a little more optimistic as it came out in one of the body camera videos that I think Keung DID check a pulse after he was out and said there wasnt one and they still did nothing. I have to go back and watch that to confirm.
They described the jury reactions today and the 2 black males would not watch the footage they just stared straight ahead.
From reading the murder 3 charge I can see it but I'm speaking from emotion and not legal speak which is different lol. I like court tv and hln because they help me understand how things fit together legally.
My husband is law enforcement ( although military atm) and he wouldn't watch it again either but we will see if he will rejoin me tomorrow.