Minnesota AG Keith Ellison May Have Just Screwed Up Case Against George Floyd Cops
BY VICTORIA TAFT JUN 06, 2020 3:53 PM EST
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politi...wed-up-case-against-george-floyd-cops-n503071
I’m no legal expert, but I wondered to myself if Keith Ellison hadn’t overcharged the cop who killed George Floyd. Now there’s someone much smarter than I who agrees.
Andy McCarthy, who writes for National Review, is a former federal prosecutor and has been a trusted guest on my radio show for the better part of 20 years. He believes Ellison might have just colossally screwed up his case against the cops. My words, not his. McCarthy called Ellison’s amended charges “dangerously flawed.”
Overcharging is tantamount to over-promising. It’s perceived as overly punitive and less thoughtful in some cases. Sure, everyone’s angry. Sure, Floyd’s death appears to be criminal. But you’ve got to be able to prove what you charge.
Ellison may have just Peter Principled himself out of this prosecution.
Police officer Derek Chauvin took a knee on the neck of George Floyd for nearly nine minutes. The hold on his neck, not part of any police training, killed Floyd. Floyd, who had drugs in his system and a heart condition, panicked and couldn’t breathe.
https://twitter.com/johncardillo/st...wed-up-case-against-george-floyd-cops-n503071
Initially, the local district attorney took a long look at the evidence and charged Chauvin with third-degree murder, alleging Chauvin had depraved indifference to human life, but didn’t conspire to kill Floyd.
Then the case was kicked upstairs to virulently political Leftist Keith Ellison, part of the George Soros-funded attorney general project.
https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/sta...wed-up-case-against-george-floyd-cops-n503071
Ellison added a second-degree felony murder charge to the other less severe charges that McCarthy believes he won’t be able to prove. He’s ladled on aiding and abetting charges against the other officers on the second-degree murder charge and manslaughter.
The harsher charges were met with cheers from those on the far Left, such as Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC.
McCarthy points out that the new charges don’t quite add up.
He explains that defense attorneys will poke big holes in Ellison’s case:
But here’s what might be the most diabolical part of Ellison’s move and maybe the one he wanted all along.
McCarthy talked about it in his podcast and in a piece in NRO.
Do you doubt that Keith Ellison would want to criminalize police work? Neither do I. Here’s a man who believes national borders are an “injustice.”
The unanswered question, however, is what would be the point of prosecuting charges that may not hold up?
Here’s the Minnesota attorney general in a podcast discussing President Trump’s response. It’s all his fault, of course.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxENAl--6lw&feature=emb_logo[/ame]
BY VICTORIA TAFT JUN 06, 2020 3:53 PM EST
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politi...wed-up-case-against-george-floyd-cops-n503071
I’m no legal expert, but I wondered to myself if Keith Ellison hadn’t overcharged the cop who killed George Floyd. Now there’s someone much smarter than I who agrees.
Andy McCarthy, who writes for National Review, is a former federal prosecutor and has been a trusted guest on my radio show for the better part of 20 years. He believes Ellison might have just colossally screwed up his case against the cops. My words, not his. McCarthy called Ellison’s amended charges “dangerously flawed.”
Overcharging is tantamount to over-promising. It’s perceived as overly punitive and less thoughtful in some cases. Sure, everyone’s angry. Sure, Floyd’s death appears to be criminal. But you’ve got to be able to prove what you charge.
Ellison may have just Peter Principled himself out of this prosecution.
Police officer Derek Chauvin took a knee on the neck of George Floyd for nearly nine minutes. The hold on his neck, not part of any police training, killed Floyd. Floyd, who had drugs in his system and a heart condition, panicked and couldn’t breathe.
https://twitter.com/johncardillo/st...wed-up-case-against-george-floyd-cops-n503071
Initially, the local district attorney took a long look at the evidence and charged Chauvin with third-degree murder, alleging Chauvin had depraved indifference to human life, but didn’t conspire to kill Floyd.
Then the case was kicked upstairs to virulently political Leftist Keith Ellison, part of the George Soros-funded attorney general project.
https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/sta...wed-up-case-against-george-floyd-cops-n503071
Ellison added a second-degree felony murder charge to the other less severe charges that McCarthy believes he won’t be able to prove. He’s ladled on aiding and abetting charges against the other officers on the second-degree murder charge and manslaughter.
The harsher charges were met with cheers from those on the far Left, such as Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC.
McCarthy points out that the new charges don’t quite add up.
He explains that defense attorneys will poke big holes in Ellison’s case:
But here’s what might be the most diabolical part of Ellison’s move and maybe the one he wanted all along.
McCarthy talked about it in his podcast and in a piece in NRO.
Do you doubt that Keith Ellison would want to criminalize police work? Neither do I. Here’s a man who believes national borders are an “injustice.”
The unanswered question, however, is what would be the point of prosecuting charges that may not hold up?
Here’s the Minnesota attorney general in a podcast discussing President Trump’s response. It’s all his fault, of course.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxENAl--6lw&feature=emb_logo[/ame]
