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TreasonousBastard

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12. Think stalking you ex-wife, killing your business partner to get the other half...

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #6)

Thu May 28, 2020, 01:17 PM

May 2020

rage building up while restraining him doesn't count so much.

Now, actually out looking for a black guy to do in could be be argued as murder. As could some maniac serial killer.

But it's for lawyers to deal with the semantics of the charges-- the real point is whatever it takes to put this guy away.

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It was murder. [View all] kentuck May 2020 OP

There is no justice safeinOhio May 2020 #1

totally agree gopiscrap May 2020 #2

"Murder" presumes prior intent in most places. "Manslaughter" works as well most of the time. TreasonousBastard May 2020 #3

Legally, you are probably correct. kentuck May 2020 #4

Oh, yeah, This guy looks like a danger to society. Big bail, if any. Really big bail. TreasonousBastard May 2020 #9

How much prior? ret5hd May 2020 #6

Think stalking you ex-wife, killing your business partner to get the other half... TreasonousBastard May 2020 #12

I don't know how much "rage" there is... ret5hd May 2020 #13

It was "Yeah, I'm killing him. What are you going to do about it?" dalton99a May 2020 #16

Close enough to rage to get the lawyers tlkaing. TreasonousBastard May 2020 #19

muder most foul spike jones May 2020 #32

Fuck that! What about choking someone to death for 7 minutes does not involve prior intent? Solomon May 2020 #7

Find a lawyer and ask how much easier it is to get him off on a murder charge... TreasonousBastard May 2020 #8

What about Second Degree Murder (at least)? Mike 03 May 2020 #22

I am a fucking lawyer. Solomon May 2020 #23

Prior intent can be formed just minutes before the act lapfog_1 May 2020 #18

Lotta things "could' be argued, but a prosecutor is looking for a "win" and the... TreasonousBastard May 2020 #20

You dont choke a man to death with an intentional boot on his neck quakerboy May 2020 #26

If that was a cop telling him to get in the car while the other cop was strangling him, and... blitzen May 2020 #5

It's murder. LakeArenal May 2020 #10

For eight minutes malaise May 2020 #11

Putting a knee on someone with your full weight lapfog_1 May 2020 #14

Accessories? kentuck May 2020 #15

if you are with someone that leaves you in the car while they lapfog_1 May 2020 #17

Yes, it was murder... and Donald Trump should be prosecuted just as strongly as the cops. clementine613 May 2020 #21

No mistake. It was murder plain and simple. n/t geardaddy May 2020 #24

Of course it is murder. And a jury will convict. Stuart G May 2020 #25

Don't be so sure about that. totodeinhere May 2020 #29

Murder while abusing power should be a new catagory PurgedVoter May 2020 #27

NO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY! Just extend to Chauvin the same concern for human life that he exhibited for BamaRefugee May 2020 #28

What about DENVERPOPS May 2020 #30

New video shows him being assaulted in the car by cops.. HipChick May 2020 #31

He doesn't deserve protective gldstwmn May 2020 #33