Information about George Floyd's prior arrests can't be used at the trials of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in his death, a judge ruled.
A judge has ruled that a prior arrest of George Floyd, who was killed last year when a now-former police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes, cannot be used as evidence in the trials of the officers who were involved in his death.
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Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said he won’t reconsider his decision to hold a March trial for the former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck for several minutes even though the Black man said he couldn’t breathe, according to a ruling made public Thursday.
Cahill ruled this month that Derek Chauvin will stand trial in March, as scheduled, and will be tried separately from the other three former officers who are charged in Floyd’s death. Earlier this week, prosecutors asked the judge to reconsider both decisions and to try all four officers together this summer, citing COVID-19 concerns as a primary factor.
The prosecution filed a motion in December to push the trial back to June, citing that more members of the general public would be vaccinated for COVID-19 by then.