Were monitoring all of this. This is of course what has been going on in the wake of the killing of george floyd. But as you look at these scenes that may be familiar, let us be very clear about the facts. Tonight one thing is very different. At this hour most of the officers last night involved in that killing were uncharged and at large. Now, tonight here you have it. These same officers, three of them now in custody as murder defendants. Their new mug shots just released tonight. Prosecutors charging these three officers with felony murder. For aiding in the, to put it in the legal terminology, the unintentional murder of mr. Floyd. They also call it felony murder. This altogether are all four officers who were involved in that fateful arrest and killing. Prosecutors also enhancing charges against the main officer who led, pinning floyds neck until he died. He now faces seconddegree murder charges. Each of these individuals that you see on your screen now face up to technically 40 y
Presence among these demonstrations and protests. Jeremy bash served at the pentagon. Mark esper broke on the question of injecting into these largely peaceful protests all over this country now a military presence. Jeremy. Nicolle, this was a very important statement by the secretary of defense saying he manifestly imposes invocation of the insurrection act, what donald trump wanted to invoke in order to have active duty military go out against the protesters. In our historical tradition dating all the way back to George Washington who was, of course, general of the United States army and then resigned his commission as general of the army to become the civilian president and leader of our country, since that moment, and theres an oil painting of that moment that hangs in the capitol dome rotunda, since that moment weve had a division between civilian authority and military authority. I think the secretary of defense made clear we are not going to have active duty military troops perf
That itself is quite rare in police cases. Two, you need to know tonight that all three other officers in the arrests have been hit with new murder charges, aiding the unintentional murder in the seconddegree for their role in backing what we see here, what we all in mesh has been processing, which is how the main officer chauvin was strajing the air. Peaceful onlookers pleaded to stop, to spare the life that was clearly dying in front of everyone in broad daylight on tape. Three, another fact that you should know as all of this occurs tonight. This legal news didnt come from the local d. A. Minnesota, like most states, still uses local d. A. S to patrol the police. But this news that im reporting to you right now, todays news, it came from a more independent authority, state attorney general Keith Ellison. You could hear him speaking there. This was the press conference. This is different. And as everyone says, what should america do differently or not, you should know factually that
500 soldiers heading to minneapolis and st. Paul and the surrounding region. Who do i have . Sara sidner back with us . We dont have sara sidner. Lets put up these pictures and talk about whats happening as we have been talking to our people on the ground and our Law Enforcement folks. Of course this is over the death of 46yearold george floyd in police custody, an officer with his knee on his neck. The community is frustrated. Protesters began to protest, and then it got out of control sometime this evening. And as you can see, the fire started and then they went, according to our sara sidner, and tried to knock down a fence that was erected recently and temporarily around the Police Station to protect that Police Station. That did not work. Protesters started knocking on the Police Precinct, on the walls and trying to get into the precinct. They evacuated all the personnel according to the Minneapolis Police department, evacuated the personnel there. And then the protesters set the b
Apologizing. All of this in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic which has claimed 102,000 lives here in the United States. Lets go to minneapolis. Sarah, describe the situation on the ground now. Reporter i am going to let you see it, wolf. We are standing up the street from the third precinct. You see two layers of Law Enforcement. The state patrol standing here and behind them, the Sheriffs Department is also facing off with protesters who are still very angry about what has happened in this case. They say justice is not served until all of the officers have been detained and arrested. No justice no peace reporter calls for justice continuing today in minneapolis and across the country as Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyds neck. This is by far the fastest we have ever charged a Police Officer. Chauvin has not responded to requestsing for information. But still, the protesters say it is not enough. Reporter Hennepin County Officials Say he knelt on floyds neck for over 8 minute