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Originally Posted by Zulu29
Happy that cop got charged with murder, I don’t fully comprehend why it’s 3rd degree (manslaughter) because it seemed to me that it was intentional, however at least he’s in custody. He needs the full brunt of the law.
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Burden of proof.
Establishing intent to kill at the moment would be required for 2nd degree. 3rd degree would be that he should have known that his acts could kill, but recklessly disregarded it.
I don’t expect that they could establish that the cop was truly intending in that moment to kill, but more likely could establish that he reasonably should have known the risk of kneeling on a guy’s neck for 8 minutes when that guy is telling him he can’t breathe