To find Chauvin guilty of the 3 murder and manslaughter charges, the jury had to conclude the killing of George Floyd last May was unintentional but done with negligence and reckless disregard for …
The three guilty verdicts against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin indicate the jury believed he caused the death of George Floyd not intentionally, but with negligence and reckless disregard. Though Chauvin was not accused of purposely killing Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes last May, the now ex-officer’s actions still may land him in prison for decades, said Mario Mainero, a professor at the Dale E.
