Judge rules that Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who held his his knee on Floyd’s neck, will be tried alone.
Derek Chauvin the white police officer who held his knee on the neck of George Floyd for several minutes will be tried separately from the three other former officers accused in his death, according to scheduling court orders filed on Tuesday. Chauvin will stand trial alone in March due to the coronavirus pandemic while the other three former officers will be tried together in the summer, according to the orders filed in Hennepin County District Court. Floyd, a Black man, died on 25 May after Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck while he was handcuffed face down on the street in Minneapolis. Police were investigating whether Floyd used a counterfeit $20 bill at a nearby store. In a video widely seen on social media, Floyd could be heard pleading with officers for air, saying he could not breathe.
