I think he's likely to be convicted of voluntary or involuntary manslaughter rather than murder which is going to please exactly nobody.

Murder needs either express malice... intention to kill, or implied malice... which is where someone does something they know to be dangerous and someone dies anyway.. An argument can be made that he receieved information his actions were dangerous. That he chose to disregard and this demonstrates he had a desire to kill and is guilty of first degree murder. Prosecuters and everyone else in the country who wants him to go to prison for a very long time will be hoping for this.

Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of another person with a conscious disregard for human life. The case for involuntary manslaughter is what the defence are likely to go for, that the killing was unintentional and negligent on his part.

Whether he deliberately set out to kill George Floyd, or his actions became a deliberate attempt after he was given information his actions were dangerous - is where the defence and prosecution will likely do battle. I think it's hard to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he set out to deliberately murder (even if he did) and so I think he'll likely be found guilty of manslaughter.... that will be seen as a travesty of justice and I'm inclined to agree. I hope the prosecution case is compelling enough to secure a murder conviction and demonstrate that working for a police dept / the State - isn't an excuse for committing state sanctioned murder and getting away with it.

I don't think he has a chance in hell of getting off - but I'm always amazed by the US justice system so I can't rule it out entirely. Good article and good to see you popping up on my feed :o)