George Floyd's brother says case against Derek Chauvin is 'slam dunk'

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Hours before the trial began for Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck for about 9 minutes, Floyd's brother said he and his family are hoping for a 2nd-degree murder conviction.

, arguing his body contained a “lethal dose of fentanyl,” as well as methamphetamine at the time of his arrest."They’re going to try to assassinate his character — the fact that they found trace amount of drugs in his system is just a distraction," Crump said."The thing that killed George Floyd was an overdose of excessive force."

"This is not hard case," Floyd echoed."We just want justice, we want a conviction. If you cant get justice as a Black man in America for this, what can you get justice for then?"

 

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Yes, George Floyd was a drug user! Yes, Mr. Floyd was a criminal! Yes, Mr. Floyd was far from a model citizen! And Yes, that cop slowly choked him to death, murdereding him right there on the sidewalk for a petty crime, because he was tired of dealing with him! Both can be true.

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