Trial postponed for 3 ex-Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death

A judge has postponed the trial of three ex-officers charged in Floyd's death.

The state trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd is being delayed until March 2022, Judge Peter Cahill said Thursday. The former officers -- Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng -- have been charged by the state with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter for their alleged roles in Floyd’s May 25 death. A federal grand jury has also indicted the three officers, as well as former officer Derek Chauvin, with federal civil rights crimes related to the killing. The federal trial for Lane, Thao, Kueng and Chauvin will consider a three-count indictment that accuses all four defendants of “willfully depriving” Floyd of his constitutional rights and failing to give aid to Floyd. The indictment also states that Thao and Kueng “willfully failed to intervene” in Chauvin’s use of force. Chauvin was convicted last month of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death.