Minnesota State District Court Sentences Kueng for Helping To Kill George Floyd
On October 24, 2022, Minnesota’s Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill held a hearing in the state’s criminal case against former Minneapolis police officer, J. Alexander Kueng, for aiding and abetting the manslaughter and murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. [1]
Instead of the scheduled selection of a jury for the trial of those charges that day, Kueng and the prosecution…
Minneapolis Lt. Richard Zimmerman said pulling George Floyd to the ground and kneeling on his neck was "uncalled for."
Hayley Miller at HuffPost:
Minneapolis Police Lt. Richard Zimmerman testified Friday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, that Chauvin’s use of force in that situation was “totally unnecessary.”
“Pulling him down to the ground facedown and putting the knee on the neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for,” Zimmerman said.
Bystander video of Floyd’s arrest in May 2020 showed Chauvin, who is white, kneeling on Floyd’s neck as Floyd, who is Black, repeatedly stated that he couldn’t breathe. Minutes later, Floyd ceased breathing. His death sparked a worldwide reckoning on racial injustice.
Chauvin is charged with second- and third-degree murder as well as second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Zimmerman, who helped secure the scene of the arrest hours after Floyd was transported to the hospital, took the stand on day five of witness testimony in the high-profile trial.
Prosecutor Matthew Frank asked Zimmerman whether in his more than 30 years with the Minneapolis Police Department he had ever been trained to kneel on a person’s neck while that person is handcuffed and in the prone position. (Prone position is when a person lies flat with their chest down.)
Zimmerman said no, adding that doing so would “absolutely” be considered a use of “deadly force.”
“If your knee is on a person’s neck, that can kill him,” Zimmerman testified.
He said a person could still be combative when they are handcuffed but that the threat level against an officer would be very low.
On the 5th day of the Derek Chauvin Trial, Minneapolis PD Lt. Richard Zimmermann testified on the stand and rightly asserted that excessive force used on George Floyd that led to his death by Chauvin was “totally unnecessary.”
Lifted Bells is a band featuring Bob Nanna (Braid, Hey Mercedes, The City On Film) on vocals and Matthew Frank (Their/They’re/There) on guitar. I’ve enjoyed all of the band’s releases (“Lifted Bells” EP, “Lights Out” EP, “Overreactor” EP), but their first full length, the recently released “Minor Tantrums”, is definitely their best work yet. Listen below and order all of the band’s releases on Bandcamp or on vinyl via Run For Cover Records.
Lifted Bells have a new album called "Minor Tantrums" coming out on March 30. The band is a project featuring Bob Nanna (of Braid and Hey Mercedes) and Matthew Frank (of Their/They're/There) among others. You can pre-order the album from the band digitally on Bandcamp or on vinyl from Run For Cover Records.
There’s a video of a live performance of this song without Kerry Butler, but Kerry Butler is the reason I’m posting about this musical, so I’m going with this.
Matthew Frank: Η "συνταγή" της Δημιουργικής Γραφής στην Ελληνοαμερικανική Ένωση
Matthew Frank: Η “συνταγή” της Δημιουργικής Γραφής στην Ελληνοαμερικανική Ένωση
Matthew Frank: Η “συνταγή” της Δημιουργικής Γραφής στην Ελληνοαμερικανική Ένωση
Η Ελληνοαμερικανική Ένωση και το Hellenic American College (HAEC) σε συνεργασία με το Ελληνικό Ίδρυμα Πολιτισμού παρουσιάζουν συζήτηση του Αμερικανού συγγραφέα και καθηγητή στο Northern Michigan University, Matthew Frank, με τον διδάσκοντα στο Hellenic American University, Βασίλη Μανουσάκη, την Τετάρτη 16 Δεκεμβρίου,…
