Category: Minneapolis officers

Both Sides Seek to Delay State Trial for Cops in Floyd Death

MINNEAPOLIS—Prosecutors and defense attorneys for three former Minneapolis officers who are charged in the death of George Floyd asked a judge on Friday to postpone their state trial while a federal civil rights trial goes forward. Thomas Lane, J. Kueng, and Tou Thao are scheduled to go to trial on March 7 on state charges…


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Delay Sought in Ex-officers’ Trial Over George Floyd’s Death

MINNEAPOLIS—Prosecutors in the case against the four Minneapolis officers charged in the death of George Floyd requested that the trial be delayed by three months. The Star Tribune reports prosecutors cited the COVID-19 pandemic and the amount of time needed before enough people are vaccinated and health risks are sufficiently diminished. The trial has been…