Tuesday’s hearing included a proposal to sever the trials of the three other defendants from Chauvin.
| | Sept. 14, 2021 Four former Minneapolis police officers pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges of depriving George Floyd of his civil rights under the Constitution. Derek Chauvin is in prison after a jury found him guilty of murder in state court in April.
Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck while J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane held Floyd on the ground as Floyd said repeatedly he couldn't breathe. Tou Thao kept people back who begged the officers to get up and he did not intervene. Kueng, Lane and Thao also face state charges of aiding and abetting Floyd's murder in May of 2020. Tuesday’s arraignment and motions hearing was overseen by U.S. District Magistrate Judge Tony Leung, and included a proposal to sever the trials of the three other defendants from Chauvin.
Four Twin Cities residents found shot to death in an abandoned SUV in rural Dunn County, Wis., have no apparent ties to the county, Sheriff Kevin Bygd told reporters Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities don’t yet have suspects but don’t believe the person or people who are responsible for the killings come from the area or are still in the area, he added.
Asked about a motive, he said, “That one is a mystery. We do not know a motive yet.” Subscribe to our Minnesota Today podcast to get up-to-date Minnesota news twice daily. — Tim Nelson, MPR News | |
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| Moorhead using cadet program to diversify police force | | The Moorhead police department has struggled to recruit a more diverse force. The police chief is turning to a new cadet program designed to identify and train students who might grow into a career as police officers. | | |
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| Tropical Storm Nicholas slows, dumps rain along Gulf Coast | | Tropical Storm Nicholas slowed to a crawl over the Houston area Tuesday after making landfall earlier as a hurricane, knocking out power to a half-million homes and businesses and dumping more than a foot of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. | |
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