re: #95 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

Correct, but I believe that’s still only second-degree murder. As far as I remember from laymans’ explanations, first-degree is if you went somewhere intending to kill a specific person, and did kill them. It’s going to be tough to argue that Chauvin had premeditated intent to kill George Floyd in a way that satisfies Murder 1.

the whole thing is bizarre:

Chauvin: if i eased up and got off mr floyd, in his agitated state, he might have injured himself. So i had no choice but to kill him //

again handcuffed and face down though he was. he certainly couldnt hurt anyone else