The men face federal charges in the death of George Floyd in 2020
Jeremy Chatman, who was tasked with operating the ice resurfacer during the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships, poses for a portrait on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis on Saturday. Chatman began work at 4 a.m. in freezing temperatures to make sure the rinks were prepared for participants.
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| Testimony begins in trial of three former Mpls. cops | Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng are charged by federal prosecutors with failing to provide medical care to George Floyd as their former colleague Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes on May 25, 2020. Floyd died at the scene.
Thao and Kueng are additionally charged for failing to intervene with Chauvin’s treatment of Floyd. A jury of 18, including six alternates, was seated in just one day of jury selection on Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson is expecting to swear them in Monday morning. The jury consists of 10 women and eight men from across the state. A pool reporter in the courtroom during jury selection noted that 16 of the jurors appeared to be white and two appeared to be of Asian descent.[Continue Reading] | |
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