former police officer he's being charged with 2nd degree murder in georgia ford's death that's after derek jovan seen right here made his 1st court appearance today by video link show vns lawyers accepted the terms of the bail which include no contact with george ford's family no working in a law when force me capacity he is not allowed to leave minnesota and he has to surrender all of his firearm. earlier i spoke to him and said our washington bureau and i asked him just what is at stake in these court proceedings . everything and nothing and let me explain everything because the ever going american community in minneapolis pacifically had asked for and was adamant about a strong charge against their shelf and not 30 agree more about now a 2nd degree murder charge and that was very very important for people in minneapolis who had a very strong opinion about the police of course the end of the justice system as being corrupt and. unequal to them through the african-american community in minneapolis so yes this is really really important that this pretrial hearing happened and even if mr sherman

in minneapolis at the spot where his brother died one week ago today when a white police officer derek jovan held his knee on george ford's neck for nearly 9 minutes and independent autopsy has found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression that contradicts an official report from the minneapolis police. are for more let's bring in define as he moans he is in minneapolis for worse so let's talk about this all top's a report that was commissioned by the family of george floyd's revealing that he died. due to neck and back compression do people there were you argue that they heard this new. i don't think no they don't have that has not translated yet into the minds of many here but i can tell you that when the official autopsy report from the police department on authorities here came out. and 99 percent of the protesters 99 of the people maybe behind me 99 of all many people in minneapolis did not believe that this could actually be the case and then you had an independent autopsy now saying also that george floyd has actually died here this is ground 0 for what's going o

bringing criminal charges against the 3 remaining officers and he played a role and was an officer derek jovan 3rd degree murder charge to the 2nd degree i want to speak to the charges for the other 3 and includes aiding and abetting a 2nd degree murder which is punishable by up to 30 years he also talked about aiding and abetting 2nd degree manslaughter is punishable by up to 20 years ago that judge a leading to this case that bail for each of the 3 officers 150000 dollars benjamin crump that we did tony for the with families needed that these 3 officers were simply accomplice to murder he tweeted the family's research and same boat there's a bittersweet moment we're deeply gratified that the attorney general ellison took decisive action arresting and charging all the officers involved in georgia and upgrading the charge against their children to balinese 2nd degree murder hash tag justice for george for also said this is not a time to celebrate because an arrest is not a conviction and we want justice meanwhile protesters say they will continue to take to the streets and demand justice and c