All four former police officers charged in George Floyd’s death

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🗓️ 4 June 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck, has had his charge of third-degree murder upped to a more serious charge of second-degree murder. The other three former officers who were at the scene are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who announced the charges, tells Anderson Cooper he’s “committed to holding the defendants accountable at the highest ethical charge.” Plus, NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins AC360 to react to the protests going on throughout the country and says it’s not enough to say “that was terrible and my thoughts and prayers are with you.” Airdate: June 3, 2020 To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Aaron, thanks. Good evening. We are seeing some of the largest demonstrations yet in cities across the country.
0:05.4	Overwhelmingly peaceful, not riding, not looting. We're seeing protesting in Philadelphia,
0:10.9	Washington, here in New York and in Minneapolis where George Floyd was murdered last week.
0:15.7	And we're today just down the river in the state capital, St. Paul, Minnesota's Attorney General,
0:20.2	upgraded charges against ex-office or Derek Shovon and charged the three other ex-office
0:25.6	involved in his killing. Keith Ellison, the Attorney General, bringing charges for the first time.
0:31.2	These are the mugshots of the ex-police officers. For Derek Shovon, who kept his knee on Mr. Floyd's
0:37.6	neck long after his heart stopped beating, the charge was raised from third degree to second
0:42.6	degree murder. In a moment, I'll talk with the Attorney General Ellison. Also, President Obama
0:48.0	adding his voice to the debate in a virtual town hall. And tonight, we'll talk with Kreme Abdul-Jabar.
0:53.6	He's both a basketball and a civil rights legend. There's other breaking news tonight on the
0:58.0	military response to the demonstrations, a stunning rebuke from James Mattis, the president's first
1:03.6	defense secretary and a retired Marine Corps four-star general. General Mattis not only slams the
1:10.0	president's photo op at St. John's Episcopal Church, but his entire approach to military and
1:14.8	governing. The president, he says, is the first in his lifetime who, quote, does not try to unite the
1:20.8	American people does not even pretend to try. Let me just repeat that. The man handpicked by
1:27.7	the president to be his first defense secretary, a man who spent his life in service to this country
1:33.1	and to this country's constitution now says the president of the United States does not even pretend
1:38.7	to try to unite this country. There's a lot to get to tonight, but let's start with CNN's Miguel
1:43.3	Marquez in Minneapolis. Miguel, I'm wondering how the news of the new charges has been received by
1:48.1	protesters there today. With a sense of relief and uncertainty, I do want to show you sort of
1:56.1	this spot where Mr. Floyd breathed his last breath. They've added, it's become sort of celebratory.
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