myself and my friend mike freeman want to share information with you. i want to begin with a reminder. that is, we are here today because george floyd is not here. he should be here. he should be alive, but he is not. about nine days ago, the world watched floyd utter his very last words, i can't breathe. he pled for his life. the world heard him call out for mama and cried out, don't kill me. two days ago, when i became the lead prosecutor in this murder, i asked for time to thoroughly review all the evidence in the case. we looked at the evidence that is available and the investigation is ongoing at this time. i also said that i know what is -- i know it is asking a lot of people to give us time, particularly people who have suffered for decades and centuries of injustice, to be patient. we did get that time. together, a very strong , experienced team which included the county attorney mike freeman, his team, and my team. we reviewed the evidence together with the bca and have something to announce today. i want to say thank you for the team of thethe

strongr, a very experienced team which included kenny attorney mike freeman, his team, and my team. and weewed the evidence have something to announce today. it, i want tonce say thank you for the patients of the people in pursuit of justice. i'm here to make these announcements right now. first, today, i filed an amended complaint. murder in the second degree for the death of george floyd. the evidence available to us now supports the stronger charge of second-degree murder. we've consulted with each other and we agree. second, today, arrest warrants were issued for former minneapolis police officers j king, thomas lane, and to tao. today, the county complaintnd i filed a with aiding and abetting murder in the second degree, a felony defense. i believe that these developments are in the interest of justice for mr. floyd, his family, our community, and our state. i'm the lead prosecutor in this case. i will be speaking to the public. this is absolutely a team effort. we are working together on this case with only one goal. justice for george floyd. i want to thank first mike freeman

myself and my friend mike freeman want to share some information with you. i want to begin with a reminder, and that is that we're here today because george floyd is not here. he should be here. he should be alive. but he's not. about nine days ago the world watched floyd utter his very last words, "i can't breathe," as he pled for his life. the world heard floyd call out for his mama and cry out, "don't kill me." two days ago when i became the lead prosecutor in the murder of mr. floyd, i asked for time to thoroughly review all the evidence in the case. and we looked at the evidence that's available. and the investigation is ongoing at this time. i also said that i know it's asking a lot of people to give us time, particularly people who have suffered for decades and centuries of injustice to be patient. and yet we did get that time. and together, a very strong, experienced team, which included county attorney mike freeman, his team, and my team, we reviewed the evidence, together with the bca, and we have something to announce today. before i announce it,

represents hennepin county attorney's office for mike freeman. [indistinct] >> no, i'm going to let the people who prosecute cases every single day to prosecute this case. it is true that i have tried a lot of cases and i have tried homicide cases. but on the other side of the courtroom. the people who know how to prosecute, i'm going to let them do that work. [indistinct] >> you know, i think it helps me anticipate what some of the attacks on our case might be. [indistinct] >> i see no reason why we can't get a fair trial here. >> that charge -- three officers now faced with potential same maximum sentence as officer derek chauvin. >> es. well, yes, sir. >> i apologize if you have addressed this before, but as your involvement in this case now put you on the sidelines in terms of the legislative process and working for police reform legislation? >> no. i will continue to do all the duties that i have which involve legislative, which involve a lot. we have been very active in the civil space. we have been active in representing state agencies, an

mr hennepin county attorney mike freeman. who has been a true partner in this matter and every step of the way. his experience and insight have been invaluable and will continue to be counted on by the team. i also want to thank tony during freeman's professional staff who have cooperated and worked together with my staff- in the investigating officers. every from the very minute this case started. i also want to thank superintendent to evidence evidence of the bureau of criminal apprehension- and his professional staff for the care and speed with which they are conducting this investigation. and i want to thank especially u. s. attorney erica macdonald and special agent in charge rainer- droll scoggin. who are conducting a parallel federal color of law investigation. i've heard directly from the leadership of the department of justice that there is full support for her leadership in pursuit of her investigation. and as she put it so well one team one goal one mission i agree 1100% as i said earlier i think the supports famil

i want to thank the good friend of many years, mike freeman for the hard work he has done, we expect to work together, there is a lot of resources and talent and ability in his office on cases like this and i want to let everyone know we will bring to bear all the resources necessary to achieve justice in this case, and that means we won't leave any resources on the sideline as we pursue justice. i've had an excellent conversation with mr. freedman and we will be working together. this case is unusual because of th the way that mr. floyd was killed and who did it. at the hands of the defendant who was a minneapolis police officer, but it is not unusual in the sense that the attorney general's office handles criminal cases and works with counties all the time. this is not something that were not used to. we have a criminal does division of highly competent prosecutors. i believe we have the capability and will work with our counterpart to make sure the justice is achieved. for me i'd like to just anticipate a few questions. tonight we are not prepared to talk about what the charges ar

. >> first of all, thank you ladies and gentlemen in the press on myself and my friend mike freeman want to share some information with you. i want to begin with a reminder, that is we are here today because george floyd is not here. he shouldd be here, he should be alive but he is not. about nine days ago, the world watched floyd under his very last words, i cannot breathe as he played for his life. the world heard floyd call for his mama and don't kill o me. two days ago when i became the lead prosecutor of mr. floyd i asked for time to thoroughly review all the evidence of the case and we looked at cases and the evidence available in the investigation is ongoing at this time. i also said that i know it's asking a lot of people to give us time, particular people who have suffered for decades and centuries of injustice to be patient and yet we to get the time in together a very strong experienced team of which included county attorney mike freedman, his team and my team, we reviewed the evidence with the b.c.a. and we have something to announce today. before i announce it, i want to say

county attorney mike freeman is team and my team we reviewed the evidence together with the b. c.a.a. and we have something to announce today before i announce that i want to say thank you for the patience of the people who shown me and our entire team in pursuit of justice and i'm here to make these announcements right now for us today i filed an amended complaint that charges the charges former minneapolis police officer derrick shaaban with murder in the 2nd degree or the death of george floyd i believe the evidence of vailable 2 was now supports the stronger charge of 2nd degree murder we've consulted with each other and we agree 2nd today arrest warrants were issued for former minneapolis police officers. jay aking thomas lane and to tell finally i'd like to announce that today and if we county attorney michael freeman and i. filed a complaint it charges police officer king laying in towel with aiding and abetting murder in the 2nd degree a felony offense i strongly believe that these developments are in the interest of justice for mr floyd his family our community and our

we are saying mike freeman should have no role in this case whatsoever.n if you look at the oririgil chcharge decisioion, he is chard chauvin, the main cop who is been arrested and the one seen in the video with his knee on george floyd's neck, he has charged him with third-degree murder -- which is similar to someone who randomly shot into a crowd, not having a specific person they are targeting and that person dying. minnesota case law has shown you cannot sustain a third-degree conviction in a situation like the one at hand were george floyd is the victim, he was the intended target, and he died as a result of the police officers conduct. so even the charges decision by the hennepin county attorney is really setting this case up to be dismissed for lack of probable cause or ultimately, for the case to result in officer or former officer chauvin being exonerated, which we find acceptable. juanan: nekima levy armstrong, e most r recent video atat shohowt only the one officer in the previous video chauvin was acactually had hisis knee on the victim's neck

i want to thank first hennepin attorney general mike freeman. i also want to thank county attorney's staff who have cooperated and worked together with my staff and the investigating officers from the very minute this case started. i also want to thank superintendent drew evans of the bureau of criminal apprehension for the care and speed in which they're conducting this investigation and i want to thank especially u.s. attorney general eric mcdonald who are conducting a parallel federal color of law investigation. i have heard directly from the leadership of the department of justice, there's full support for her leadership in pursuit of her investigation and as she put et it so well, one team, one goal, one mission. i agree 100%. as i said earlier, i think mr. floyd's family, i think -- i can speak for mr. freeman and i jointly thank them along with u.s. attorney mcdonald, we thank the community for their patience and allowing us the time and space we need over these days. as it's so hard to do, i now ask for continued patience. this case cont

mike freeman andi are the right charges. signed the complaint at these additional charges and so that's what we're doing. that is minnesota attorney there with that press conference on there with that press conference on the development that new charges have been announced against all of the police officers who were present at the death of george floyd in minneapolis. the charge against derek chauvin being elevated to second—degree murder. and the three other officers now face counts of aiding and abetting murder. and we heard there the attorney general describing how this investigation will follow a path of all evidence but he said that winning a conviction in this case will be hard. he spoke of george floyd of being so loved, that his family was important. let's just go being so loved, that his family was important. let'sjust go back being so loved, that his family was important. let's just go back to this. i want to signal to them that we hope that they continue to raise the cause of justice we hope that they continue to

it means i will work with hennepin county attorney mike freeman. the hennepin county attorney's office has led the only successful prosecution of a police officer for murder. they have a tremendous amount of experience. we're going to benefit from all of this. but as a statewide official, i can call on statewide resources. so it's appropriate for the governor to make the assignment. but we will be working with the hennepin county officials. we're grateful to them and the work they've done, and that includes the county attorney mike freeman. >> derek chauvin still being held charged with third-degree murder while many are calling for first degree. why does this matter? what's the difference? >> without comment on the evidence, i will say that first-degree murder is when you premeditate and plan to kill somebody and then you go out and kill them. second-degree murder is where you didn't premeditate or plan but you end up intentionally killing them or you unintentionally kill them while in the commission of another felony offense. that's second-degree

mike freeman charged police officer derek chauvin with murder.ow all four officers are in custody for aiding and abetting the second degree murder of george floyd. but should chauvin be charged with murder one. the causing of death will premade takes. some say it's too high a charge. that a jury will compromise, that racism is reflected in injury eve --in jury verdicts. as d.a. my office prosecuted an sister for shooting and killing a black man. the jury in my case didn't think murder was too high a channel and neither did the highest court in new york. unbeknownst to me until after the verdict it was the first of its kind in new york. george floyd was not resisting arrest. he was complying. even more egregious, he wasn't being arrested for a violent crime. but for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy food during a pandemic. as to premade takes like intent, it can be formed in seconds. consider what was going on during the 8 minutes and 46 seconds while the officer chauvin had his knee on george's neck. that knee stayed on george's neck

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keith ellison, heading the prosecution assisted by the attorney mike freeman. we will bring all the resources necessary to achieve justice in this case. >> watching the developments today with the enforcement of the curfew, we can compare it to what we saw last night. a strong show of force from law enforcement. tear gas, batons, rubber bullets , pepper bullets. enforcing the lockdown. they picked up 155 people with charges ranging from disobeying the curfew to looting, to vandalism, to arson. watching the developments as they go forward tonight. what i can tell you is it looks like most of the demonstrators have elected to go home. different places around the state where we have seen different pockets of looters, or writers getting ready to do whatever they want to deal. we also see law enforcement staging right down to the fact that they have large prisoner transport buses. brett. >> mike tobin live in st. paul. thank you. the protest turned violent hours ago in philadelphia. good evening, jackie. what is the latest there? >> good evening. local media is repo

assisting him will be the hennepin county attorney mike freeman. he's been moved from the county jail to soak park heights, a level 5 maximum security prison. the reason he has been moved partially because of covid-19 concerns. but the greater concern is all of these rioters protesters, demonstrators that they have been arresting, they are moving them into the correction facility and you can't have the guy at the center of this flash point and all the demonstrators who reacted to it violently all in the same facility. but as far as the city of minneapolis, you have a curfew that's in effect for the second night after not taking the curfew seriously on the first night after law enforcement ceded ground to the first precinct. rick: mike, that's a comforting scene at least to have some calm behind you. we appreciate your reporting tonight. among the countless scenes of tragedy we witnesses are the sights of the businesses big and small being looted or torched by angry mobs. this comes at a time when our nation is fighting to recover from a devastating

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. >> first of all, thank you ladies and gentlemen in the press on myself and my friend mike freeman want to share some information with you. i want to begin with a reminder, that is we are here today because george floyd is not here. he shouldd be here, he should be alive but he is not. about nine days ago, the world watched floyd under his very last words, i cannot breathe as he played for his life. the world heard floyd call for his mama and don't kill o me.

i will be working with the county attorney, mike freeman, who led the only successful prosecution forrder of a police officer, his office has valuable experience in these matters and we're looking forward to working closely with them, but we need the resources of the entire state to make sure that we have a fair, just accountability in this matter. >> one of the big questions that i know people around the country, including george floyd's family, have is why haven't charges been filed against the three other officers? last night in a dramatic moment on cnn, the minneapolis police chief, arradondo said that he felt they were complicixlis com death of george floyd. >> being silent or not intervening to me you're complicit so i don't see a level of distinction any different. silence and inaction, you're complicit. >> do you share his views with the other three officers complicit? >> what i can tell you is that i'm in charge of the prosecution and helping work on the investigation. i cannot really say things that could be used later to try to argue that this was not a fair prosecution. i

so i think that that is something that the county attorney mike freeman is looking into now. we expect to hear something in, you know, the fairly near future. >> big picture, mr. attorney general. you know, a lot of americans, there is, you know, minnesota has the minnesota nice image. minnesota has an image -- you're an african-american man that got collected statewide as the attorney general and the states's legal enforcement officer. >> right. >> some look at this and are surprised. tell us the story in minneapolis why this shouldn't surprise people in your mind. >> well, minnesota is kind of a tale of two cities. it really is a beautiful, wonderful place. i love it here. i've raised all four of my kids here. there are so many great things about it and so many great people. yet, we have very stark disparities when it comes to african-americans. health disparities in health care and health disparities in housing and health disparities when it comes to employment and disparities all around. i mean, i'll give you a quick example about 70 some percent of minnesotans own their

explain it briefly to our viewers, normally this charging decision comes from the county attorney, mike freeman. he's now working in conjunction with the state attorney general. so they said they collaborated and brought these charges together in coordination with one another at that state level. yes, you hear people mention that. so one other thing that people continue to remind me, they believe these charges should have come a week ago. it was on memorial day that video of the knee on george floyd's neck until he was unresponsive. they wanted those charges to come immediately. and now they're finally getting it. >> thank you, shaquille brewster, thank you very much. really appreciate your reporting. some chilling images from washington, d.c. those officers all stand thing facing those protesters. let's go to glenn. it's very difficult to prosecute police officers at all. but let me let you listen to attorney general ellison on the reason they went to second degree unintentional murder as the charge. take a listen. >> can you explain what that charge means, unintentional murder, or second degr

but you have mike freeman, the d.a. kicking and screaming to bring even third-degree murder charges against this guy, so i am on board. it should be elevated to murder 1, i think that -- and i know mike baden, he is very confident, and i think that they have to up their game out there in minneapolis. >> and those other cops have to be charged also. accessory at least. >> bill: i mentioned the autopsy, i will take you live to minneapolis, the family is gathered there. the lawyers for his family releasing the results of their independent examination dropping in. >> we see in the video he was walking, breathing, he was alive. his cause of death medically was mechanical asphyxiation. the legal determination is homicide. that is it in a nutshell, the officers killed him based on a need to his neck for almost 9 minutes, and two knees on his back compressing his lungs. the ambulance was his hearse. >> what charges do you want for the additional three officers? >> in terms of criminal charges, there is no doubt that those polic

so i think that that is something that the county attorney mike freeman is looking into now. and we expect to hear something in the fairly recent, near future. >> big picture, mr. attorney general. a lot of americans, minnesota has the minnesota nice image. minnesota has an image of, you know, i know you're an african-american man who got elected state-wide as attorney general, as the state's chief law enforcement officer. for some people, they look add this and they're surprised. tell us the story of minneapolis and minnesota, why this shouldn't surprise people in your mind. >> well, minnesota is kind of a tale of two cities. it really is a beautiful, wonderful place. i love it here. i have raised all four of my kids here. there's so many great things about it, so many great people. and yet, we have very stark disparities when it comes to african-americans. health disparities in health care, health disparities in housing. health disparities when it comes to employment. and disparities all around. i mean, i'll give you a quick example. about 70-some percent of minnesotans own

and so the idea that ellison is here because we can't trust mike freeman, the prosecutor, to actuallyhis job efficiently when it comes to a law enforcement officer. so my concern is let's -- let's look at how much power they have. let's reform the prosecutor's office and then if we have criminal liability, these officers won't feel they can literally get away with murder. >> gloria brown marshall, laura coats, thank you. i'm sorry, laura, did you want to say something? >> i was going to say there certainly is a forum there, but it has to be at the expense of the supreme court wanting to review it. it has to be about reinforcing the rolled back consent decrees jeff sessions pulled back as his last act in office before he was let go, shall we say. it's about human rights campaigns against the officer. it's always about as congress has the power of the purse, anderson. you know full well that one of the ways in which you can incentivize people to behave appropriately is through these consent decrees. it's also through civil liability and recourse, and, of course, effective police trainin

specifically, they do want the county attorney, mike freeman, the hennepin county attorney, who initially had this case and then turned it over to the attorney general, they want him to

>> additional evidence has come forth since then, and that in fact, the county attorney mike freeman and i, have been in contact. he's partner in the case. and so with the new evidence we've seen, the evidence we acquired and with some fresh eyes all together, we decided jointly that these were the right charges on all four, and in factually tell you this, rachel. we're continuing to investigate. we're continuing to gather information. i am absolutely confident that these charges are supported by the facts, that we can prove in court, but we remain on the lookout for more evidence, and we have asked people, if you have more video tape, if you have more information about this case, we are hoping that people would continue to come forward, and that we can continue to find out more about, what happened at 38th and chicago in the city of minneapolis about nine days ago. >> i know that you are constrained by how much detail you can give us about the evidence in the case, because this all has to happen in court. but one of the things that we talked about a few days ago when we spoke was th

>> additional evidence has come forth since then, and that in fact, the county attorney mike freemannd i, have been in contact, he's a partner in the case, and so with the new evidence we've seen, the evidence we acquired, and with some fresh eyes all together, we decided jointly that these were the right charges on all four, and mistake, i will tell you this, rachel, you know, we're continuing to investigate. we're continuing to gather information. i am absolutely confident that these charges are supported by the facts, that we can prove in court, but we remain on the lookout for more evidence, and we have asked people, if you have more video tape, if you have more information about this case, we are hoping that people would continue to come forward, and that we can continue to find out more about, what happened at 38th and chicago in the city of minneapolis about nine days ago. >> i know that you are constrained by how much detail you can give us about the evidence in the case, because this all has to happen in court. but one of the things that we talked about a few days ago when w

minnesota's attorney general keith ellison and mike freeman announced yesterday a joint effort on thisase. it came after criticism freeman waited too long to bring charges and does not have the public's trust. chauvin is expect inside court june 8th elellison suggests the other three officers may be charged. >> the minneapolis police department has been criticized many times for alleged racial bias and misconduct by officers. it was investigated by the justice department in 2015. the year that loretta lynch became president obama's attorney general. now during her term, she investigated other police related deaths, including eric garner here in new york and freddie gray in baltimore. loretta lynch joins us now from new york city. it's very good to see you, madam attorney general. i want to start with this. what did you think -- what did you think when you saw the tape of the death of george floyd right before our eyes, and what did you see when you looked at officer chauvin? to me, those are two different questions. >> the first thing i thought when i saw it was this was an abject fail

hennepin county attorney mike freeman announced the charges four days after chauvin could be seen onneeling on the neck of floyd for nearly nine minutes. chauvin is being held in the ramsey county jail on $500,000 bond and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years if convicted, under the third degree murder charge. according to the "star tribune," chauvin is the first white officer in minnesota history to be criminally prosecuted in the death of a black civilian. joining us now, legal analyst for nbc news and msnbc, maya wiley. i guess i'll begin with the charge against derek chauvin. could that change? how did they come upon that? then i think a lot of people are very interested in knowing about the potential for additional charges against the other officers who were watching as this happened. >> good morning, mika. you know, first, let me say, that i don't know why the other officers have not been charged. i certainly expect to see charges. in terms of officer chauvin, you know, i think one read of this could be that they didn't -- they absolutely can amend this complaint. there is noth

the county attorney, mike freeman, good friend of mine.ney who has successfully prosecuted a police officer for murder. they have experience. they have great lawyers over there. we are working together. but we thought the importance of this case had statewide impact so he called me and asked me to join to help and i was glad to do so. then the governor said we can use your help here so i'm never going to shrink from my public duty. i'm always going to step up and help wherever we can so we said yes. we know we have great lawyers, great prosecutors at the attorney general's office, and so we can help so we are helping. we're also operating parallel with the u.s. attorney, erica mcdonald, who is a great partner. and they are doing a color of law investigation, a civil rights investigation. so, you know, as erica likes to say, one team, one goal, one mission, and we're in pursuit of justice. >> attorney general, obviously most officers who are charged don't get convicted. what are the structural hurdles that you're up against in this case? >>