ST. PAUL, Minnesota. The jury returned their verdict after about 13 hours of weighing whether three former Minneapolis cops violated George Floyd’s constitutional rights by not intervening to help him when he begged for air while Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck.
The verdict will soon be read in a federal courtroom in St. Paul, Minnesota, where the three former officers are Tou Tao, 36; J. Alexander Kueng, 28; and Thomas Lane, 38, have been on trial since January for their actions on May 25, 2020.
Mr. Kueng and Mr. Lane helped restrain Mr. Floyd, while Mr. Tao held back a group of worried bystanders. All three officers are accused of not providing medical attention to Mr. Floyd, and Mr. Kueng and Mr. Tao are also accused of not intervening to stop Mr. Chauvin.