Derrick Chauvin may soon have company at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Oak Park Heights. That is because the three other former police officers involved in the murder of George Floyd were all convicted of violating his civil rights by the court of law.
Unlike their imprisoned comrade, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane did not participate in strangulating the victim but as guardians of the law, they did very little to prevent the incident from occurring. Ultimately, the three ex-cops offered their senior officer Derrick Chauvin more assistance on the scene than they did George Floyd, which viewpoint that was echoed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Manda Sertich.
“They chose not to intervene, they chose not to aid Mr. Floyd," Sertich said during closing arguments on Tuesday. “This is a crime. The defendants are guilty as charged.”
The jury reached a unanimous decision that their negligence heavily contributed to Floyd's death. Before the hearing reached its conclusion inside the Warren E. Burger Federal Building at St. Paul, Minnesota, Judge Paul Magnuson ruled that the former cops would be allowed to leave provided that their bail was paid. The trio of former policemen will have the specifics of their sentences outlined in an upcoming hearing that has not been scheduled as of yet.
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Source: The Daily Beast
