Attorney For Family Of George Floyd Reacts To New Charges In Case | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Benjamin Crump, lead attorney for the family of George Floyd, talks with Rachel Maddow about Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison increasing the charge against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and charging the other officers involved in Mr. Floyd's arrest. Aired on 6/3/2020.
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  1. If Mr. Floyd did have Covid in the past then clearly either way no one there was wearing a mask anyway… including the police officers!!!!!!!! I hope and pray these officers get the punishment they deserve!!

    1. by punishment you meant picking up the Soap on jail in front of Bruhs for the next 30 years?

    2. He was tested positive for the virus in April and had heart disease. Go to Google and look up on his Autopsy Report

  2. If you have ever been in the system, the process is slow. Its astounding how fast prosecutors moved this case along all things considered. Processes can take months, even years.

    1. Joe Joe the whole world saw those videos and can watch them again and again and again. Smartphone, internet and social media are changing the rules of the game. Will be harder and harder for the bad people to hide and avoid justice.

    2. @Wise Guy For charges you don’t have to prove racial intent, all you have to prove is intent to murder, or murder, which is clearly evident in the video. Also, the family sought an independent coroner. It’s not “their” coroner.

    1. This is not about whether Mr Crump is an ALLEDGED Freemason. It is about the family’s right to choose the lawyer to represent the family. Many on this thread seem to know of a lawyer who is better qualified. No names however..

    2. This guy is nothing but a race baiting shill who’s getting rich off the suffering of his own people. BRB I gotta go take a Crump.

    3. PianissimoForte My point was he has 2 or 3 other cases that’s nothing more nothing less. I made a simple comment that is it. You reading way to deep into what I said. I know very well about who hires who as an attorney/lawyer but that was not were I was going with my comment. #Respect #GoodDay

    4. This isn’t a random family these people are strategically placed that’s why it is broadcast it on these networks 24 hours a day. They don’t call television programming for nothing. Who do you think they are programming?

  3. 1800’s Klan called…they want you to know these lynch mobs are culturally appropriating them.

    1. @Russian Bot #19538532 Republicans, i.e. northern liberals at that time. Their modern day equivalent is the Democrats.

  4. Why didn’t they talk about how the state medical examiner tried to say he died of natural causes before he stepped down. And changes his report when an independent medical examiner proved he died of asphyxiation.

    1. Bronje Samuel he didn’t. He said strangulation was not the specific and direct cause of death, but cardiopulmonary failure from the knee on his neck. You don’t have the medical knowledge or mental capacity to understand this finer point. It was still a homicide, the statement in question was merely the conclusion on HOW the body failed under the assault, not IF. No one tried to rule it “natural causes.” Fool.

    2. Connor Hill
      Wow this is so interesting, I was going to check the guy out. Thanks. Wow didn’t hear Rachel doing her connect the dots investigations… surely she knows it’s the bloody same guy. Nobody had mentioned this not even the alternative progressive media.

    3. Don’t care what a doctor say, it’s on the video, with everybody’s standing around when that happen, those Cop’s is on the video to, so they can’t lie that he die from natural cause, and nothing else, they gotta show that video so those Jury’s can see it to, and their Lawyer’s gotta see it to even the Judge gonna see it, how can a person die from natural cause, and they wasn’t even sick, the man wasn’t in no Hospital sick, the only Hospital he was at, was on street’s down on the side walk where they murder him and murder is not a natural cause,

    1. @Marlowe Earl What’s compassion have to do with enunciation 🤔. This case is too serious to leave it to an attorney who some can’t even understand. His job is to serve, defend, demonstrate, prove, and communicate Mr. Floyd’s case ( RIP) thru ORATION/communication on behalf of the deceased and his family. Nothing but the best should do.
      Improve upon your critical thinking skills and think about how something as simple as how well you speak (especially as a paid professional ) can either raise the masses or turn them against you. Shouldn’t be hard to imagine something so trivial can be so harmful -considerings a man was murdered for a fake $20.

      It’s not fair I know, but that’s exactly why we are in this fight. Your adversaries are looking for any excuse to dismiss you.
      No hard feelings here, but please keep in mind that knee jerk ad hominem reactions will gain you little credibility, even with those who are fighting with you. ✊🏽

    1. They have to determine what the highest charge is that they can prove to a jury. For that, they have to collect as much evidence as possible.

      First degree requires premeditation, that’s trickier to prove–but if the evidence is clear, they may still upgrade to first degree.

    2. @Kevin Royal:That is false, according to Maya Wiley. People think “premeditation” requires weeks or months of planning, but it doesn’t. He was made aware and kept going for several minutes afterwards. That is premeditation.

    3. The investigation is in process. It could be first degree for the main murderer as it may have been past personal interaction.

    1. @Markus Stewart you dame stoupid librals thenks you nose everything, Ima Tromp saperter you dum fule .

  5. He needs to be charged to the full instent and we need equality cause if the shoe was on the other foot he would have been under the jail

  6. I would be very interested in witnessing the jury selection for these cases trying to find people with no bias.

    1. @MeanGeneSanDiego So you’re saying there should not be any black people on that jury?

    2. @Markus Stewart I was being facetious! The “System” will do everything they can to stack the cards in the Cops favor, at best there will be 6… The Cops Union and the “good ole boy” network will do everything to protect their own… count on it.

    3. @Markus Stewart I’m hoping they will have learned from the Rodney King debacle. But our [il]legal System is stacked in favor of well-heeled Criminals. Defense Lawyers are highly paid Superstars and Prosecutors are Public Servants. It would be awesome if Kamala Harris could be the Prosecutor!😁💪

  7. Latino lives also matter! Sean Monterrosa’s life was taken while he was kneeling, unarmed Latino! Justice for Sean!!

    1. Latinos and white men don’t count. Nor any asian. Sorry, Black lives are the only lives that matter.

    2. Dimitri Ignatowski your looking for attention, validation and feud. Statements like trolls and narcissistic personality

  8. It took a week of protests and mayhem to get these criminals charged. Hmmm, Justice not so swift.

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