After Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict, 3 other Minneapolis police officers await trial
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all charges, but that is not the end of prosecutions over George Floyd's death. Cases are ongoing against three other officers involved in the fatal arrest.
The three officers — Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane — each face two charges: aiding and abetting second degree murder, which carries a maximum sentence of 40 years, and aiding and abetting second degree manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. After a jury found Chauvin guilty Tuesday of all three counts he was facing in the death of George Floyd — second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter —Ben Crump, the attorney for Floyd's family, called the case "a turning point in American history for accountability in law enforcement." Next, prosecutors will present their case against the three other officers, whose joint trial is scheduled to begin August 23.More Related News
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