group of officers ape more importantly that crime committed was done in front of children who witnessed this and by extension the community now has been traumatized. is that a compelling case, legally speaking, to go beyond the presumptive sentencing? it is. to understand it best, let me give you some framework. sentencing guidelines exist, i think, in every state and certainly in the federal system. though set a presumptive sentence for the average case. what the prosecution argued here and they re right this is not the average case. so if the average case of second-degree murder in the state of minnesota for somebody who has no prior criminal record would be about 12 1/2, 13, 14 years. the argument. is this should be more. because he was an oufr and abused awe position of trust. because the crime was committed in front of children. because derek chauvin acted with
0 we know that we saw that mr. floyd did not want to be in the backseat. that s it. that s the rub. it was the need to get him in that backseat no matter what. once he was pulled out of the backseat, he was find. went down on the ground. not fighting, not punching. and he was placed initially on his side. he is already handcuffed. he is placed on his side in the recovery position. like he should be. he is trying to breathe. he is on george floyd s back face down on the pavement. and officer king sat on mr. floyd s waist area and officer lane pulled his feet down. you can even see mr. floyd trying to pull his feet up. we all are going to fight to breathe. everybody knows that fear when you all of a sudden realize you re having trouble breathing, it is just in ate. he tries to pull his feet up. but he is held down the three officers. officer todd is watching. he is placed face down on the pavement so harshly that it rubs the skin off his face. he has injuries from the knuckles from try