BREAKING 3 former Minneapolis police officers found guilty of violating George Floyd's civil rights
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were found guilty of violating George Floyd's civil rights by a federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Thursday.
Tou Thao, 36, J. Alexander Kueng, 28, and Thomas Lane, 38, are each charged with deprivation of rights under color of law for allegedly failing to administer medical aid to Floyd as Derek Chauvin, another Minneapolis officer, knelt on his neck. Thao and Kueng are also charged with willfully failing to intervene in Chauvin's use of unreasonable force, resulting in Floyd's death.
The video showing his desperate pleas and the officers' unsympathetic response sparked one of the largest protest movements in American history. At that point, Chauvin and Thao arrived. Lang and Kueng both testified how Floyd later resisted attempts to place him into the back of a police car. Lane said that he was unsure of what to do, and Chauvin then"either asked or cut in front of me and asked if he was under arrest and then informed George Floyd that he was under arrest for forgery.
"At that point I have a different role, which is to do crowd control to allow them to attend to Mr. Floyd."Prosecutors called more than 20 witnesses over the course of the 13 days of testimony. The prosecution prompted both high-ranking Minneapolis police officers and expert witnesses to testify that the defendants had a duty to intervene and render first aid under department policies.
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