Federal trial for three ex-officers charged in George Floyd's killing begins

Three former Minneapolis officers who helped Derek Chauvin restrain George Floyd are standing trial in a federal courtroom for violating his civil rights.

The ex-officers — Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao — are each charged with deprivation of rights under color of law for allegedly failing to give Floyd medical aid as Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck and back for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. Thao and Kueng are also charged with failing to intervene in Chauvin's use of unreasonable force.

The three have pleaded not guilty to the federal charges and are being tried together.

The trial kicked off with arguments today. Here's what each side said:

Prosecution: A federal prosecutor spoke for about 30 minutes, saying the three committed federal crimes when they ignored Floyd's repeated pleas of "I can't breathe." "Each made a conscious choice over and over again," said Samantha Trepel, special litigation counsel from the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. "They chose not to intervene and stop Chauvin as he killed a man. They chose not to protect George Floyd, the man they handcuffed."
Defense: The defendants' attorneys each spoke for about 35 minutes, making many of the same arguments that Chauvin did in his state murder trial. They argued that Floyd was on drugs and resisting arrest, that the officers had insufficient training and that there was more to the story than the viral bystander video showed.

.https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-killing-officers-federal-trial-01-24-22/index.html

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Federal trial for three ex-officers charged in George Floyd's killing begins

Federal trial for three ex-officers charged in George Floyd's killing begins

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