Police accused of murdering George Floyd appear together in court for 1st time
Source: AFP
Four police officers accused of murdering George Floyd, the 46-year-old African-American man whose death in May sparked nationwide protests, appeared together in Minneapolis court for the first time Friday.
As scores of protestors outside the Family Justice Center demanded justice, the four officers sought separate trials in the case, as court filings showed each seeking to pin the blame for Floyd's death on the others.
Derek Chauvin, charged with second and third degree murder and manslaughter after being filmed pressing his knee to Floyd's neck until he expired, claims a fentanyl overdose was the cause of death, and accused two other officers of not correctly assessing Floyd's condition.
Prosecutors rejected the overdose claim as "ludicrous' and said all four -- Chauvin, Thomas Lane, Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao -- should be tried together based on "substantial evidence" that they "worked in close concert with one another" when Floyd was killed.
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"On what grounds?"
"George Floyd was once late for home room his junior year, sir."
