J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are charged with violating Floyd’s constitutional rights while acting under government authority. All three are accused of depriving Floyd, a 46-y…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Federal prosecutors rested their case Monday against three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights.
Kueng and Thao are also accused of failing to intervene to stop the May 25, 2020, killing, which triggered protests worldwide and a reexamination of racism and policing. The charges allege that the officers’ actions resulted in Floyd’s death. Lane’s attorney, Earl Gray, challenged Longo on whether he was asserting that “my client, a four-day veteran” should have thrown Chauvin off Floyd. Both Kueng and Lane were rookies, just a few days into their jobs as full-fledged officers.Gray continued, thundering, “What else should they have done besides that?”Longo testified earlier that an officer has a duty to take “affirmative steps” to stop another officer from using excessive force.
Longo said that when Lane gave chest compressions to Floyd in an ambulance, he was fulfilling his duty to provide medical aid. But, he said, that does not apply to what happened before that point, when no aid was given.
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