The murder trial of Chauvin, 44, is set for March 8 in Minneapolis Minnesota Governor Tim Walz proposed a $35million fund to pay for hundreds more police officers from across the state It will also fund bringing in the National Guard if violent protests break out in the city during the trial Rural Republicans have since resisted against the governor's plans to 'bail out' Minneapolis The city had voted to 'defund' its police department last June after Floyd's death Minneapolis reportedly still owes other agencies $137,000 for their assistance combating rioting and looting last summer Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said the department is down to about 640 available officers