The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office has officially determined Alex Pretti's death to be a homicide, The Minnesota Star Tribune reported on Monday.
As the Star Tribune noted, “[h]omicide is defined as a death that occurs at the hands of another person” — as opposed to death by natural causes or suicide, for example — “and does not necessarily mean the person died from a criminal act.”
I don’t think this was ever in question, even by the most rabid fascists who celebrated it.
This is an important first step on the way to charging the agents, and bringing their actions to a court of law, for prosecution. Due Process was not afforded Alex Pretti, despite him having that right. And Due Process should be used in the case of these two agents, so that there can be no question when they are found guilty, and are punished for their crimes.
I don’t think this was ever in question, even by the most rabid fascists who celebrated it.
This is an important first step on the way to charging the agents, and bringing their actions to a court of law, for prosecution. Due Process was not afforded Alex Pretti, despite him having that right. And Due Process should be used in the case of these two agents, so that there can be no question when they are found guilty, and are punished for their crimes.
That’s right, guys, we just gotta wait 14 more months.
With George Floyd you had many people saying he overdosed, completely unrelated to Derek Chauvin’s actions
Obviously it wasn’t true, but this is another thing we can point to when people like that try to deflect
Alternatively, you can make fun of those people for being stupid. And lying.
They know they’re lying, you know that right?
It wasn’t. This the medical examiner is going to tick one of three boxes. Homicide, Suicide, or Natural Causes.
Even a justified killing in self defense, which this wasn’t, would be “Homicide” for the medical examiner.
Any self defense killing is also a homicide. Not sure determines it’s a murder, or if we just have to wait for charges to be filed.
A coroner obviously cannot determine if something was a murder; that is up to a court.