Judge drops third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin in connection with George Floyd death

A Minnesota judge dismissed the third-degree murder charge for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who pinned down George Floyd by the neck for nearly nine minutes before he died in May, but he upheld the second-degree murder and manslaughter charges he faces.

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill also did not dismiss the charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder against the three other officers involved in Floyd’s death, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao, according to KARE 11.