On Wednesday, prosecutors announced they are escalating the charges against Officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd. Now the main charge will be second degree murder. The news was mostly reported as a positive development, however second degree murder has a history of being much harder to prove, especially when it comes to police officers. One recent example is the killing of Daniel Shaver in Mesa, Arizona. Officer Philip Brailsford shot and killed…
Read MoreCharging police officers with second degree murder has a history of not returning a guilty verdict. Are prosecutors intentionally setting up a not-guilty scenario in Minneapolis?
