NEW CHARGES: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Regarding GEORGE FLOYD case

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday all four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd are now charged.

The charges against former officer Derek Chauvin have been upgraded to second-degree murder. Court records now show Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder without intent, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. With the upgraded murder charge, his bail has been upped from $500,000 to $1 million.

The other three officers--Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng--are now charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.

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 Chauvin held him to the ground by putting his knee in Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes. The incident, which was captured on video by a bystander, has sparked an outcry across the nation, calls for policing changes, and unrest and violence.

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