MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is increasing charges against now-fired Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin to second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd and also charging the three other officers involved, according to U.S.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar. "This is another important step for justice." Klobuchar wrote on Twitter Wednesday. Ellison is leading the prosecution in the case of Floyd's death.
He has yet to announce the decision himself. Benjamin Crump, the attorney representing Floyd's family, called the decision a "significant step forward on the road to justice." Floyd died on May 25 after now-fired Officer Derek Chauvin held him to the ground by putting his knee in Floyd's neck for nearly nine