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Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, currently former members of the Minneapolis Police Department, were convicted of violating the rights of George Floyd, an African-American man who died during a police operation on May 25, 2020, to receive medical care. .
On February 24, a federal jury dismissed the arguments presented by the defense of the former officers that inexperience, inadequate training or the distraction of bystanders, who were shouting to try to stop the action, were causal for not preventing Floyd’s murder. .
According to the AP news agency, the three officers would have participated in the death of the 46-year-old African-American man on May 25.
The agency reports that Kueng knelt on Floyd’s back, Lane held his legs and Thao kept bystanders away while Derek Chauvin, sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the act, kept Floyd immobilized for almost nine minutes and means, medium.
On the other hand, the jury found that the conduct of the officers during the arrest caused the death of Floyd, a situation that could affect the severity of the sentence, according to the Reuters news agency.
The three former officers will remain free on bail pending their sentencing hearing, which has not yet been scheduled. Prosecutors have not determined what type of sentence they will seek, but the men could face years in prison.
The federal prosecutors who handled the case argued in District Court that the former police officers were aware, because of their training and “human decency,” that they had a duty to help Floyd.
Sentence on former police officers generates reactions among Floyd’s relatives
After learning of the ruling, relatives of George Floyd spoke out in favor of the justice system of the city of Minneapolis.
“That is historic for our country because officers often kill African-American men and women and we have little or no consequences (…) Many times they do not even receive charges and less convictions,” said Brandon Williams, nephew of George Floyd.
For his part, Philonise Floyd, brother of the victim, highlighted the responsibility of the justice system. “This is just responsibility. It could never be justice because I can never get my brother back,” he told reporters.
Floyd’s death sparked a series of protests around the world against police abuse and racism.
Additionally, it opened a series of debates on the actions of the public force that legislators took advantage of to propose restrictions on police practices, such as strangulation or the prohibition of arrest without a warrant, initiatives that were included in the Police Justice Law, passed by the US House of Representatives last year.
The sentences come days after three white citizens were convicted on hate crime charges in Georgia following the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was chased and shot in February 2021.
With Reuters and AP
First modification:
Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, currently former members of the Minneapolis Police Department, were convicted of violating the rights of George Floyd, an African-American man who died during a police operation on May 25, 2020, to receive medical care. .
On February 24, a federal jury dismissed the arguments presented by the defense of the former officers that inexperience, inadequate training or the distraction of bystanders, who were shouting to try to stop the action, were causal for not preventing Floyd’s murder. .
According to the AP news agency, the three officers would have participated in the death of the 46-year-old African-American man on May 25.
The agency reports that Kueng knelt on Floyd’s back, Lane held his legs and Thao kept bystanders away while Derek Chauvin, sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the act, kept Floyd immobilized for almost nine minutes and means, medium.
On the other hand, the jury found that the conduct of the officers during the arrest caused the death of Floyd, a situation that could affect the severity of the sentence, according to the Reuters news agency.
The three former officers will remain free on bail pending their sentencing hearing, which has not yet been scheduled. Prosecutors have not determined what type of sentence they will seek, but the men could face years in prison.
The federal prosecutors who handled the case argued in District Court that the former police officers were aware, because of their training and “human decency,” that they had a duty to help Floyd.
Sentence on former police officers generates reactions among Floyd’s relatives
After learning of the ruling, relatives of George Floyd spoke out in favor of the justice system of the city of Minneapolis.
“That is historic for our country because officers often kill African-American men and women and we have little or no consequences (…) Many times they do not even receive charges and less convictions,” said Brandon Williams, nephew of George Floyd.
For his part, Philonise Floyd, brother of the victim, highlighted the responsibility of the justice system. “This is just responsibility. It could never be justice because I can never get my brother back,” he told reporters.
Floyd’s death sparked a series of protests around the world against police abuse and racism.
Additionally, it opened a series of debates on the actions of the public force that legislators took advantage of to propose restrictions on police practices, such as strangulation or the prohibition of arrest without a warrant, initiatives that were included in the Police Justice Law, passed by the US House of Representatives last year.
The sentences come days after three white citizens were convicted on hate crime charges in Georgia following the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was chased and shot in February 2021.
With Reuters and AP
First modification:
Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, currently former members of the Minneapolis Police Department, were convicted of violating the rights of George Floyd, an African-American man who died during a police operation on May 25, 2020, to receive medical care. .
On February 24, a federal jury dismissed the arguments presented by the defense of the former officers that inexperience, inadequate training or the distraction of bystanders, who were shouting to try to stop the action, were causal for not preventing Floyd’s murder. .
According to the AP news agency, the three officers would have participated in the death of the 46-year-old African-American man on May 25.
The agency reports that Kueng knelt on Floyd’s back, Lane held his legs and Thao kept bystanders away while Derek Chauvin, sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the act, kept Floyd immobilized for almost nine minutes and means, medium.
On the other hand, the jury found that the conduct of the officers during the arrest caused the death of Floyd, a situation that could affect the severity of the sentence, according to the Reuters news agency.
The three former officers will remain free on bail pending their sentencing hearing, which has not yet been scheduled. Prosecutors have not determined what type of sentence they will seek, but the men could face years in prison.
The federal prosecutors who handled the case argued in District Court that the former police officers were aware, because of their training and “human decency,” that they had a duty to help Floyd.
Sentence on former police officers generates reactions among Floyd’s relatives
After learning of the ruling, relatives of George Floyd spoke out in favor of the justice system of the city of Minneapolis.
“That is historic for our country because officers often kill African-American men and women and we have little or no consequences (…) Many times they do not even receive charges and less convictions,” said Brandon Williams, nephew of George Floyd.
For his part, Philonise Floyd, brother of the victim, highlighted the responsibility of the justice system. “This is just responsibility. It could never be justice because I can never get my brother back,” he told reporters.
Floyd’s death sparked a series of protests around the world against police abuse and racism.
Additionally, it opened a series of debates on the actions of the public force that legislators took advantage of to propose restrictions on police practices, such as strangulation or the prohibition of arrest without a warrant, initiatives that were included in the Police Justice Law, passed by the US House of Representatives last year.
The sentences come days after three white citizens were convicted on hate crime charges in Georgia following the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was chased and shot in February 2021.
With Reuters and AP
First modification:
Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, currently former members of the Minneapolis Police Department, were convicted of violating the rights of George Floyd, an African-American man who died during a police operation on May 25, 2020, to receive medical care. .
On February 24, a federal jury dismissed the arguments presented by the defense of the former officers that inexperience, inadequate training or the distraction of bystanders, who were shouting to try to stop the action, were causal for not preventing Floyd’s murder. .
According to the AP news agency, the three officers would have participated in the death of the 46-year-old African-American man on May 25.
The agency reports that Kueng knelt on Floyd’s back, Lane held his legs and Thao kept bystanders away while Derek Chauvin, sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the act, kept Floyd immobilized for almost nine minutes and means, medium.
On the other hand, the jury found that the conduct of the officers during the arrest caused the death of Floyd, a situation that could affect the severity of the sentence, according to the Reuters news agency.
The three former officers will remain free on bail pending their sentencing hearing, which has not yet been scheduled. Prosecutors have not determined what type of sentence they will seek, but the men could face years in prison.
The federal prosecutors who handled the case argued in District Court that the former police officers were aware, because of their training and “human decency,” that they had a duty to help Floyd.
Sentence on former police officers generates reactions among Floyd’s relatives
After learning of the ruling, relatives of George Floyd spoke out in favor of the justice system of the city of Minneapolis.
“That is historic for our country because officers often kill African-American men and women and we have little or no consequences (…) Many times they do not even receive charges and less convictions,” said Brandon Williams, nephew of George Floyd.
For his part, Philonise Floyd, brother of the victim, highlighted the responsibility of the justice system. “This is just responsibility. It could never be justice because I can never get my brother back,” he told reporters.
Floyd’s death sparked a series of protests around the world against police abuse and racism.
Additionally, it opened a series of debates on the actions of the public force that legislators took advantage of to propose restrictions on police practices, such as strangulation or the prohibition of arrest without a warrant, initiatives that were included in the Police Justice Law, passed by the US House of Representatives last year.
The sentences come days after three white citizens were convicted on hate crime charges in Georgia following the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was chased and shot in February 2021.
With Reuters and AP