FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows from left, former Minneapolis police Officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. Derek Chauvin, who has already been convicted of state murder and manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd, appears to be on the verge of pleading guilty to violating Floyd's civil rights. Chauvin, Lane, Kueng and Thao were set to go to trial in late January 2022 on those federal charges. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (77WABC) — A federal prosecutor says three Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights sat by and “chose to do nothing” as Floyd pleaded for air and then went silent. Prosecutor Manda Sertich singled out each former officer — Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane — as closing arguments in their trial. began Tuesday. The three are charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care as Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes. Lane held the 46-year-old Black man’s feet, Kueng knelt on his back and Thao held back bystanders. Kueng and Thao are also charged with failing to intervene to stop Chauvin during the May 25, 2020, killing.
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