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George Floyd Trial | The 3 Officers, J Alexander Kueng, Thomas K Lane, and Tou Thao, Whom Helped In George Floyd’s Murder Face Trial Today.
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The three former police officers who helped Derek Chauvin restrain George Floyd on a Minneapolis street in May 2020 are set to stand trial in a federal courtroom Monday for violating his civil rights.
J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao are charged with deprivation of rights under color of law for allegedly failing to give Floyd medical aid on May 25, 2020, the indictment states. Thao and Kueng are also charged with failing to intervene in Chauvin’s use of unreasonable force as he kneeled on Floyd’s neck and back for over 9 minutes.
A jury of five men and seven women was selected for the case on Thursday in federal court in St. Paul, Minnesota. Opening statements are set for Monday at 10 a.m. CT.
“This trial will be another painful experience for the Floyd family, who must once more relive his grueling death in excruciating detail,” Floyd family attorneys Ben Crump, Antonio Romanucci and Jeff Storms said in a statement. “On behalf of the legal team and the family, we trust and expect that an impartial jury representative of the community will be seated to do this important work.”
The federal case is separate from the state charges for Floyd’s death. Kueng, Lane and Thao have pleaded not guilty to state charges of aiding and abetting, and that trial is tentatively set for June.
The evidence at the federal trial will likely be broadly similar to Chauvin’s murder trial in Minnesota state court last year. Federal prosecutors have said in court filings they plan to seek testimony from witnesses who watched the officers restrain Floyd, police use-of-force experts and medical experts.
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