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The officer in question has been charged with murder. The Minnesota Governor and AG were both advocating for charges basically since day 1 and well before the protests so it's not at all clear the turmoil influenced his arrest.

>>devalg+(OP)
To the contrary, the prosecutor had this to say about why he had not pressed charges:

'But my job in the end is to prove he violated a criminal statute - but there is other evidence that does not support a criminal charge.'[0]

This quotation is from a tabloid, but the quote--and the DA's failure to say unequivocally that he would prosecute Floyd's killer, Chauvin--contributed to the riots.

And then Chauvin was arrested the day after riots started.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8367221/Prosecutors...

>>devalg+(OP)
There was more than one murderer. There were 4 murderers. The police chief said as such, which is unprecedented for a police chief to say.

>>teachr+Z7
Attorney General != District Attorney last time I checked.

>>devalg+(OP)
If I, as a citizen, went along with three cronies to murder a man, those three cronies would all catch murder charges as well.

>>devalg+Ix
DAs decide whether to file murder charges. AGs are not relevant to the process.