A judge sternly warned public officials to stop speaking about the case, saying trial might have to be moved.
Three of the four ex-officers appeared in person at a Hennepin County courtroom Monday for a joint hearing, with the one facing the most serious charges — Derek Chauvin, who was filmed driving his knee into Floyd’s neck — appeared remotely from the state prison where he is being held.
The Minneapolis Police Department fired all four of the men in the frenzied aftermath of Floyd’s death, which set off nationwide demonstrations against racial injustice and police violence. None of the officers entered pleas in court on Monday. Cahill set two dates for the case or cases ahead, scheduling a pretrial hearing on Sept. 11 and then tentatively slotting the trial to begin March 8, 2021.While Chauvin is being held on a minimum of $1 million bail, Lane and Kueng are both out on bail and Thao is being held at the Hennepin County Jail on a minimum $750,000 bail.
Attorneys for those two men have argued that their clients, rookies who had been full-time officers for less than half a week, were following the orders of Chauvin, a 19-year-veteran of the department who had been their field training officer. They argue that their clients tried to intervene to help Floyd as he struggled to breathe on the pavement but that they were rebuffed by Chauvin, the senior officer at the scene who they say was in control.
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