BREAKING: A judge dismissed the third-degree
murder charge against Derek Chauvin for the police killing of#GeorgeFloyd.
But the judge upheld the more serious second-degree murder and
manslaughter charges, meaning he faces up to a total 55 years in
prison. pic.twitter.com/WRaOIulDps— AJ+ (@ajplus)
October 22, 2020
当地时间22日,美国明尼苏达州亨内平县法官宣布,对实施“锁颈”致非裔美国人乔治·弗洛伊德死亡的前明尼阿波利斯警察德雷克·肖万,提起的三级谋杀指控已被撤销。针对德雷克·肖万的二级故意杀人和二级误杀罪的指控仍成立。
JUST IN: Derek Chauvin, ex-officer in George
Floyd case, gets 3rd-degree murder charge dismissed.
The accused killer of George Floyd still faces the more serious
charge of second-degree murder in addition to a charge of
manslaughter: @davidkli,
@NBCNews.https://t.co/BBLQZQdDBo— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone)
October 22, 2020
判决法官卡希尔表示,只有在被告的行为对“除死亡的特定人外,对他人也构成重大危险”的情况下,才能维持这一指控。裁决说,公诉方提供的证据并未表明肖万的行为对弗洛伊德以外的任何人造成“极为危险”的情况,所以做出了撤销三级谋杀指控的决定。
截至目前,在谋杀乔治·弗洛伊德的九项对被告的指控中,美国明尼苏达州亨内平县法院维持了八项,其中包括对所有四名被告的严重谋杀罪指控。
纳闻 | 真实新闻与评论:跪杀非裔案美警三级谋杀指控撤销 但维持这些控罪