The cases of four Minnesota former police officers charged in George Floyd’s death should be combined into a single trial, the state’s attorney general …
The cases of four Minnesota former police officers charged in George Floyd’s death should be combined into a single trial, the state’s attorney general said in a motion filed Wednesday. Floyd, a Black man, was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25 after an officer, who was recorded in a bystander’s video, knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Three other officers were at the scene – as witnesses filmed it and, along with Floyd, pleaded with police to let him breathe. He eventually lost consciousness and was later pronounced dead at the Hennepin County Medical Center. The medical examiner ruled the manner of death a homicide. Derek Chauvin, the officer seen in the video with his knee on Floyd’s neck, faces charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
