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NPR: Tentative trial date set for ex-Minneapolis officers accused in George Floyd death

By NPR.

Published June 30, 2020 at 1:59 am

Protestors gather across the street from the White House during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody, on June 2, 2020 in Minneapolis. Protests erupted around the country following the release of a video showing Derek Chauvin, a now former Minneapolis police officer, kneeling on the neck of Floyd for more than eight minutes.

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A judge in Minnesota has set a March 8 trial date for the four former police officers accused in the death of George Floyd. At an omnibus hearing Monday, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said the trial date assumed that the former Minneapolis Police Department officers — Derek Chauvin, 44, who knelt on Floyd’s neck and is charged with second-degree murder; J. Alexander Kueng, 26; Thomas Lane, 37; and Tou Thao, 34 — would be tried together.