10 things you need to know today: May 13, 2021 Harold Maass
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House Republicans voted Wednesday to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) from her leadership post over her criticism of former President Donald Trump for his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The vote to oust her as House Republican Conference chair, the party s No. 3 job in the caucus, bolstered Trump s grip on the GOP. Cheney remained defiant on the way out. If you want leaders who will enable and spread his destructive lies, I m not your person, Cheney told her fellow Republican lawmakers on Wednesday. Cheney previously survived an attempt to oust her over her vote to impeach Trump on charges that he incited the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Trump reveled in Cheney s removal, calling her a bitter, horrible human being. [
Judge postpones trial for three ex-cops in George Floyd case - media reports
By Brendan O Brien and Julia Harte
Reuters
WASHINGTON (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, according to media reports.
Tou Thao, 25, J. Alexander Kueng, 27, and Thomas Lane, 28, all fired and arrested days after Floyd 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.
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By Brendan OâBrien and Julia Harte
WASHINGTON (Reuters) â Three former Minneapolis policemen accused of taking part in the killing of George Floyd claimed in court on Thursday that prosecutors leaked prejudicial information about the case and that they knew a key witness was coerced into amending his findings.
Tou Thao, 25, J. Alexander Kueng, 27, and Thomas Lane, 28, all fired and arrested days after Floyd died 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 Americaâs fraught racial history and a rebuke of law enforcementâs treatment of Black Americans. The death, captured on cellphone video, led to protests around the nation and overseas.
A judge in Minneapolis on Thursday postponed the trial of three former policemen accused of taking part in the murder of George Floyd to March 2022, saying the federal case against the men should proceed first, local media reported.
Trial for 3 ex-officers charged in George Floyd s death postponed to 2022
Former officers Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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Brendan O Brien, Gabriella Borter and Julia Harte / Reuters | 2:29 pm, May 13, 2021 ×
Former police officers Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao. (Hennepin County Sheriff s Office / TNS)
A judge in Minneapolis on Thursday, May 13, postponed the trial of three former police officers accused of taking part in the murder of George Floyd to March 2022, saying the federal case against the men should proceed first, local media reported.
Tou Thao, 25, J. Alexander Kueng, 27, and Thomas Lane, 28 all fired and arrested days after the 46-year-old Black man was killed on May 25, 2020 have been charged with aiding and abetting the second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of Floyd.