along the warships and aircraft to nato allies in the baltic states and eastern europe as nato allies put forces on stand by to be ready for that and state department has, as a precaution, reduced staff and sent home family members in the ukrainian capital of kyiv. law enforcement on high alert after deadly shooting of nypd officer. new york city now planning to immediately reinstitute a modified plain clothes anti-gun unit. minutes from now, opening statements begin in the federal trial for three former minneapolis officers who helped derek chauvin restrain george floyd in may of 2020. all three accused of violating floyd s civil rights or not intervening before floyd was killed. we ll bring it to you live. top story.
in the coming hours the federal trial of three former minneapolis police officers who helped derek chauvin restrain george floyd in may of 2020 is set to resume. we ve learned one of them plans to testify in his own defense. cnn s omar jimenez has more from st. paul, minnesota. reporter: over a year and a half later the federal trial for the other former minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of george floyd is taking jurors right back to the day floyd was murdered by derek chauvin in may of 2020. monday was dominated by opening statements by both the prosecution and the defense. the prosecution largely stuck to the charges arguing that thomas lane, jay alexander king and tu tou were dlub beliberately
derek chauvin when he murdered george floyd in may, 2020. all three are charged with depriving floyd of his rights for allegedly failing to give him medical aid. two of the defendants are also charged with failing to intervene to stop chauvin from kneeling on floyd s neck. i want to bring in now cnn s josh campbell. josh, good evening to you. tell us what we heard today in court. don, for the second time in less than a year a jury in the united states sat in a courtroom watching the gut wrenching video of george floyd being held down on the ground by a police officer for over nine minutes. the officer who was kneeling on him derek chauvin obviously as we reported on was convicted of state murder charges but our viewers will also remember that after that incident the fbi launched its own investigation. federal prosecutors ultimately determining that in their view those other three officers who were standing nearby violated george floyd s civil rights. that trial kicking off today. the
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