The federal trial of three former police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights during his 2020 fatal arrest was abruptly suspended on after one of the defendants tested positive for COVID-19, the judge presiding over the case said.
All three former officers are charged with depriving George Floyd of his civil rights by failing to intervene or offer aid as Derek Chauvin held his knee on Floyd’s neck.during his 2020 fatal arrest was abruptly suspended on Wednesday after one of the defendants tested positive for COVID-19, the judge presiding over the case said.
As court got underway Wednesday morning, Judge Paul Magnuson announced that one of the defendants had tested positive forThree former Minneapolis officers, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, sit with their lawyers during their trial as they are charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights during his 2020 arrest, in St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 24, 2022.At the time of the announcement, defendants J.
People inside the courtroom have been required to wear N-95 masks and the courtroom itself has been fitted with plexiglass protection barriers and has been arranged to accommodate social distancing.George Floyd is pictured in an undated photo released by the office of Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump.
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