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Use $x^0=t$ and the Levi-Civita symbol ${ϵ}^1{}_{23}=1$. Define a smooth affine connection byThe lower indices are symmetric, so it is a torsion-free connection. With $t$ itself as parameter, the time component of the geodesic equation is identically satisfied, while its spatial components becomeThe last term is $2(\mathbf{B}\times \dot{\mathbf{x}}{)}^i$, with the wedge in the source interpreted as the three-dimensional cross product. Thus the spacetime lifts $(t,\mathbf{x}(t))$ are actually affinely parametrized geodesics, which proves the requested unparametrized claim. Conversely a geodesic with nonzero constant $dt/ds$ can be parametrized by $t$ and obeys this particle equation; purely spatial geodesics with $dt/ds=0$ are not such trajectories. No field equations or metric compatibility are needed. This construction is the affine connection for a velocity-linear force.