Jury selected in US trial of police officers involved in George Floyd arrest

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SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA - Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin is serving 22 years in prison for the murder of Mr George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American.

Now the other three ex-police officers on the scene are going on trial for their actions that day - or rather their failure to take action.

Mr Floyd's death, which was filmed by a bystander on a mobile phone, set off months of protests in the United States against racial injustice and police brutality. Chauvin was an 18-year veteran of the Minneapolis police force; Thao had served for eight years while Kueng and Lane were new recruits, having joined the department in December 2019.

The indictment charges Thao, Kueng and Lane with showing"deliberate indifference to serious medical needs". The federal trial is being held in a heavily guarded courtroom in Saint Paul, the sister city to Minneapolis.Lawyers for Kueng and Lane are expected to argue during the trial that the men were not in a position to challenge the authority of Chauvin, the senior officer on the scene.

 

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