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By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd will be pushed back to March 2022, in part to allow the publicity over Derek Chauvins conviction to cool off, a judge ruled Thursday. Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao were to face trial Aug. 23 on charges they aided and abetted both murder and manslaughter. Their co-defendant, Chauvin, was co...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd will be pushed back to March 2022, in

Its been pushed back to March 2022, in part to allow publicity over Derek Chauvins conviction to cool off.

Trial for 3 ex-officers charged in Floyd’s death pushed to March This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriffs Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows Minneapolis Police Officers Derek Chauvin, from left, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. (Source: Hennepin County Sheriffs Office via AP, File) By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI | May 13, 2021 at 5:06 AM CDT - Updated May 13 at 3:43 PM MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of three former Min...

Judge postpones trial for 3 charged in Floyd’s death The trial of three former officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd will be pushed back to March 2022. Author: AMY FORLITI an STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press Published: 12:41 PM CDT May 13, 2021 Updated: 1:01 PM CDT May 13, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — The trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd wil...

Judge Peter Cahill said he moved the other officers trial so the federal case can go forward first. No date has been set for the federal case, but Cahill said it carries higher potential penalties. He also said he felt the need to put some distance between the three officers’ trial and Chauvin’s due to the high-profile nature of the case. The order for the delay came during a hearing on pretrial motions. The former officers were not in court, but their defense attorneys all agreed to the po...

GREEN RIVER — Representative Mark Baker, R-Green River, addressed both the Sweetwater County Commission and the Green River City Council on Tuesday to discuss a possible alternative road between Green River and Rock Springs. According to Baker, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) has already applied for American Jobs Plan funding for projects on Wyoming’s roads and highways. The American Jobs Plan is President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal to invest $2 trillion in U.S....

Green River Star -   An alternate route between Green River and Rock Springs isn’t a new idea. During the mid 2000s, when money was a lot more free flowing into and out of government coffers, the idea was floated that an alternate route between the two cities would create a safer stretch of road for locals wanting to avoid Interstate 80’s heavy semi traffic, while giving Castle Rock Ambulance Service a secondary route to Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County. This sounds good in theory, ...

But the 13-acre, 146-year-old maximum security prison is so thinly staffed that there are often no guards available to "float" between units in case of trouble, Baker said. During the day, Anamosas prison yard holds hundreds of men, sent to prison because of the severity of their crimes or their predicted propensity for violence.  Yet many days that yard is guarded only from above, by armed officers in security towers. Often, Baker said, there just arent enough correctional officers available...

Green River Star -   May 6, 2021 It was after moving to Green River that Mark Baker found himself traveling along Interstate 80 much more frequently. Baker, the Republican legislator representing House District 60, said he sees what kind of threat driving on I-80 can be for people commuting between Sweetwater County’s two cities as a result of heavy traffic often using the route. Semi trucks, using the route as a direct means of shipping goods across the country, are a common sight on the ...