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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why was he indicted for 1st degree murder? It wasn’t premeditated. I’d understand 2nd degree. He did seem like a hothead and used nothing he learned at the academy. He didn’t attempt to de-escalate; he didn’t attempt to use less than lethal; there was a counter in between them (there was no imminent danger); and as a nice touch, he had a skull tattoo on his arm. [/quote]

Illinois statute does not list premeditation as a requirement for 1st degree murder.

Sec. 9-1. First degree murder.

(a) A person who kills an individual without lawful justification commits first degree murder if, in performing the acts which cause the death:
        (1) he or she either intends to kill or do great bodily harm to that individual or another, or knows that such acts will cause death to that individual or another; or

(2) he or she knows that such acts create a strong probability of death or great bodily harm to that individual or another; or

(3) he or she, acting alone or with one or more participants, commits or attempts to commit a forcible felony other than second degree murder, and in the course of or in furtherance of such crime or flight therefrom, he or she or another participant causes the death of a person.[/quote]

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