A judge postponed the trial of three Minneapolis officers involved in George Floyd's case after one of the lawyers said the prosecutors coerced the medical examiner who did the victim's autopsy.
The four former police officers who killed George Floyd. Image: Twitter/@instablog9ja
Reuters – A judge postponed the trial of three former Minneapolis policemen accused of taking part in the murder of George Floyd to March 2022 after they said that prosecutors leaked prejudicial information about the case, online court records showed.
Tou Thao, 25, J. Alexander Kueng, 27, and Thomas Lane, 28, all fired and arrested days after the Black father of one was killed on May 25, have been charged with aiding and abetting the second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of Floyd.
Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted on April 20 of murdering Floyd, 46, by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes, in a case that marked a milestone in America’s fraught racial history and a rebuke of law enforcement’s treatment of Black Americans. The death, captured on cellphone video, led to protests around the nation and overseas.
Update: Judge Rules Derek Chauvin Qualifies for a Longer Sentence
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Update 05/12/2021 10:14pm:
According to reports, Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill ruled that Derek Chauvin qualifies for a longer prison sentence as a result of aggravating factors. Cahill said the prosecution proved Chauvin s guilt “beyond a reasonable doubt” and that the ex-officer “abused his position of authority.” But Cahill said Chauvin s qualification for a stiffer sentence came from how he treated George Floyd with a particular cruelty.
“When it became clear even to the bystanders that George Floyd was in medical distress, was no longer responsive, and had ceased breathing, [Chauvin] further abused his position of truth and authority by not rendering aid, by declining two suggestions from one of his fellow officers to place George Floyd on his side, and by preventing bystanders, including an off-duty Minneapolis firefighter, from assisting,” Cahill wrote in