As time has passed I have shifted my position somewhat. Chauvin had done this exact same procedure on another person a couple of years earlier and had not been disciplined nor cited for wrong doing. The person in the car with Floyd was not offered a plea deal in exchange for saying what Floyd was doing in his car before being removed by Police. Why was Floyd only claustrophobic in the back of the Police car but not the car where he was chilling with his friends? What should have happened is when 2 people from the crowd, one a nurse, one a paramedic, offered to intercede, Chauvin should have either deputized them on the spot, or allowed them to intercede but they would be responsible as an accessory if Floyd tried to get away. I do not believe Floyd's death was racially motivated. I think Chauvin was responsible for removing any chance of Floyd surviving Floyd’s plausible ingestion of Fentanyl as a way to hide the evidence. In my opinion, Chauvin was most guilty of poor judgement, poor training, an inability to use available resources around him, and involuntary manslaughter. ( end of update Dec. 21, 2023.)

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Due to systems beyond Change dot org's control, updates have not been emailed to our Petition followers. All of our updated Petition links are available directly below, most recent first. Every update is the result of extensive research and hopefully those who care about a possible Murder-1 charge will read the updates.

• Trauma among those who witnessed Mr. Floyd's Torture elevates Mr. Floyd's death to Murder-1.
• I need your help, please share this petition.
• Lack of Meditation equals Pre-Meditation.
• It's not just this petition that thinks Murder-1 charges are in order for George Floyd's torturer.
• Apparently my last three updates were never received by Petition followers.
• Minnesota Attorney General Raises Charge to Murder-2 for George Floyd's torturer, still not enough.
• Conflicting Autopsies may be used to confuse jurors.
• Floyd Family wants Murder-1, just like our Petition.
• The case for a Murder-1 charge against George Floyd's Torturer.
• Increase Charges for George Floyd's Torturer to Murder-1 or Murder-2.

End of Petition Updates

2019 Minnesota Murder-1 Statutes

609.185 MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE.

(a) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of murder in the first degree and shall be sentenced to imprisonment for life:

(7) causes the death of a human being while committing, conspiring to commit, or attempting to commit a felony crime to further terrorism and the death occurs under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to human life.

Murder-1 charges in many States appear to be written in such a way that a Police Officer who is responding to a call can never be accused of Murder-1 because apparently the murder has to be pre-mediated. This may be the type of loophole that spawns occasional reprehensible police behavior and causes citizens to finally say enough is enough.

However, rule 7 of the 2019 Minnesota Murder in the first degree statute seems to come pretty close to what the Police Officer did to Mr. Floyd.....

(7) causes the death of a human being while committing, conspiring to commit, or attempting to commit a felony crime to further terrorism and the death occurs under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to human life.

So what is the felony crime? Although normally a Misdemeanor, Disturbing the Peace can also on some occasions be considered a felony. Once George Floyd was handcuffed and on the ground and began saying he couldn't breathe, the police officer bullied George Floyd and began creating public unrest which is clearly audible in the video that was shot by the good samaritan. Bystanders who viewed George Floyd on the ground as he gasped for air, saying he couldn’t breathe, calling out his Mothers name as he was dying, pleading to be able to breathe, those bystanders most likely now have PTSD. Actions that gives a reasonable person PTSD might be grounds for a felony disturbing the peace charge, not a misdemeanor.

Did the Police Officer also commit an act of terrorism? An act that causes the public at large to become afraid or in actual danger can be viewed as an act of terrorism. As the Police officer was manifesting an extreme indifference to human life, the officer was also endangering the public by creating a situation where the only way to save a Man’s life would have been to commit violence against four police officers who had all turned a deaf ear to the reality that a man was being killed by the indifference of one of them to the method of restraint being used.  If just one person had charged forward to try and aid George Floyd, everyone in the area could have become the victim of gunfire.

I believe these are grounds for a Murder-1 charge, what do you think? Please let me know in the comments section.