The trial of three former Minneapolis law enforcement officials charged with aiding and abetting in the demise of George Floyd will probably be pushed again to March 2022, a decide dominated Thursday.
Thomas Lane, J Kueng and Tou Thao have been scheduled to face trial August 23 on expenses they aided and abetted each homicide and manslaughter. Co-defendant, Derek Chauvin, has already been convicted of homicide and manslaughter counts. All 4 officers additionally face federal expenses that allege they violated Floyd’s civil rights throughout his May 25 arrest.
Judge Peter Cahill stated he modified the date so the federal case can go ahead first. He additionally stated he felt the necessity to put far between the three officers trial and Chauvin’s due to all of the publicity across the case.
The information that the trial was being pushed again got here throughout a Thursday listening to on pretrial motions. Defense attorneys for all three former officers agreed to the postponement. The state, through Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank, didn’t help the delay. It wasn’t made clear at Thursdays motions listening to who initially sought the change.
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