CashmoneyHotBoy
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What do you think they should be charged with?
Minneapolis police kill black man #RIPGeorgeFloyd
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So multiple cops were worried that this cac was killing breh, but didnt do shyt to prevent his death?
Lock all their asses up.
fukking country makes me sick.
Big Floyd the legend!Last night ALL 50 states in America protested in support of George Floyd! And against anti-black racism and police violence.
SnugglesDaBear
Superstar
at this country. james fukking woods too
"Daddy changed the world"
I cried breh imma be honest
These Damn adult-onset allergies
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin worked at same club and may have crossed paths, owner says
BY GRAHAM KATES
JUNE 2, 2020 / 6:37 AM / CBS NEWS
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with killing Floyd, worked security at the same local club for much of the year before their fatal encounter on a Minneapolis street last week. The owner of El Nuevo Rodeo said the two were in close proximity once a week for their Tuesday night shifts, though she did not know if they ever actually met while working at the club.
Maya Santamaria said she had been paying Chauvin, when he was off-duty, to sit in his squad car outside El Nuevo Rodeo for 17 years. She said Floyd worked as a security guard inside the club frequently in the last year. In particular, they both worked on Tuesday nights, when the club had a popular weekly dance competition.
Santamaria reflected Friday evening on how her business suddenly became central to a death that sparked anguished waves of protest, first in Minneapolis and then in cities across America. Chauvin was fired from the police department last week and charged with third-degree murder for pinning Floyd by the neck.
She said Floyd was well known and liked by her patrons. He was "beloved in the Latin community because he worked at another Latin club too."
George Floyd
When she'd check in during work, she said Floyd would ask her, "How are you?" or cheerily, "How you doing, boss lady?"
Outside the club — which burned down last week as protests against police violence flared into civil unrest — she'd meet with Chauvin after each shift.
"We would wrap up at the end of the night and do a review," Santamaria said. They'd discuss the times Chauvin was called in to the club to remove a patron, or dealt with someone outside the club.
She said employees never complained about Chauvin, but sometimes patrons would complain about how he handled them.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek ChauvinRAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Santamaria said Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has contacted her to discuss Floyd's and Chauvin's employment. She has also reached out to Floyd's family, whose attorney Benjamin Crump said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation" that he believes Chauvin and Floyd's El Nuevo Rodeo connection means Chauvin should face tougher charges than the third-degree murder and manslaughter counts that led to his arrest on May 29.
"That is going to be an interesting aspect to this case and hopefully upgrading these charges to first-degree murder because we believe he knew who George Floyd was," Crump said. "We think that he had intent."
Video taken by bystanders on May 25 showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes while Floyd pleaded, "I can't breathe." The criminal complaint against Chauvin said Floyd was "non-responsive" for the final two minutes and 53 seconds of time Chauvin was on top of him.
Santamaria said she wants her former employee punished.
"We have to make Derek Chauvin an example so that police around the country realize that it's not OK, and they're not going to get away with it and there will be repercussions. Otherwise it's going to continue to happen," Santamaria said.
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin worked at same club and may have crossed paths, owner says
BY GRAHAM KATES
JUNE 2, 2020 / 6:37 AM / CBS NEWS
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with killing Floyd, worked security at the same local club for much of the year before their fatal encounter on a Minneapolis street last week. The owner of El Nuevo Rodeo said the two were in close proximity once a week for their Tuesday night shifts, though she did not know if they ever actually met while working at the club.
Maya Santamaria said she had been paying Chauvin, when he was off-duty, to sit in his squad car outside El Nuevo Rodeo for 17 years. She said Floyd worked as a security guard inside the club frequently in the last year. In particular, they both worked on Tuesday nights, when the club had a popular weekly dance competition.
Santamaria reflected Friday evening on how her business suddenly became central to a death that sparked anguished waves of protest, first in Minneapolis and then in cities across America. Chauvin was fired from the police department last week and charged with third-degree murder for pinning Floyd by the neck.
She said Floyd was well known and liked by her patrons. He was "beloved in the Latin community because he worked at another Latin club too."
George Floyd
When she'd check in during work, she said Floyd would ask her, "How are you?" or cheerily, "How you doing, boss lady?"
Outside the club — which burned down last week as protests against police violence flared into civil unrest — she'd meet with Chauvin after each shift.
"We would wrap up at the end of the night and do a review," Santamaria said. They'd discuss the times Chauvin was called in to the club to remove a patron, or dealt with someone outside the club.
She said employees never complained about Chauvin, but sometimes patrons would complain about how he handled them.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek ChauvinRAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Santamaria said Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has contacted her to discuss Floyd's and Chauvin's employment. She has also reached out to Floyd's family, whose attorney Benjamin Crump said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation" that he believes Chauvin and Floyd's El Nuevo Rodeo connection means Chauvin should face tougher charges than the third-degree murder and manslaughter counts that led to his arrest on May 29.
"That is going to be an interesting aspect to this case and hopefully upgrading these charges to first-degree murder because we believe he knew who George Floyd was," Crump said. "We think that he had intent."
Video taken by bystanders on May 25 showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes while Floyd pleaded, "I can't breathe." The criminal complaint against Chauvin said Floyd was "non-responsive" for the final two minutes and 53 seconds of time Chauvin was on top of him.
Santamaria said she wants her former employee punished.
"We have to make Derek Chauvin an example so that police around the country realize that it's not OK, and they're not going to get away with it and there will be repercussions. Otherwise it's going to continue to happen," Santamaria said.
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin worked at same club and may have crossed paths, owner says
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
Normally I'd be concerned about the chance of a conviction by them upping it from 3rd to 2nd degree. I had a friend killed by a cop and the cop walked because our state charged with 2nd degree murder instead of manslaughter (we don't have 3rd degree murder here.)
I can't lie and say I'm not a little bit concerned still.
But I think there's tremendous political and social pressure to convict this guy. I think anyone in their right mind on a jury is going to be scared for their own personal safety if they come back with a not-guilty verdict or if they remain split long enough to cause a hung jury.
The country might not even stop burning for a while as is. This is nothing compared to what will happen if Chauvin walks. I agree that 3rd degree murder would obviously be easier to convict one, but I think there's enough societal pressure to convict this guy. The prosecution is going throw everything they can to make an example out of this guy, and any half-intelligent jury member is going to vote guilty out of self-preservation. Like, I can straight up see jury members getting doxxed, death-threatened, or even physically assaulted in the aftermath of a not-guilty verdict.
I'm not ready to celebrate a conviction by any means. But I'm only slightly more nervous about the 2nd degree charge just because of how fired up the entire world is.
Rell Lauren
Banned
His attorney will argue that he's being railroaded and won't be able to get a fair trial in Minneapolis-St. Paul and will ask for a change of venue.
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
Woods is a POS
CashmoneyHotBoy
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TheDarceKnight
Veteran
I agree. I'm also expecting that. But depending on how the next 30 days go I don't even think it really matters where they try this guy. If this country continues to be in the state it is for a few more weeks I think anyone anywhere will feel pressure to convict.
But that's a good point. Obviously his chances of getting acquitted improve if it's outside of the state.
And after all that Drew Brees came out and doubled down on stating he will never agree with anyone disrespecting the flagLast night ALL 50 states in America protested in support of George Floyd! And against anti-black racism and police violence.
