Minnesota Republicans Object to Proposed State Security Funding for Derek Chauvin s Trial
On 2/3/21 at 7:48 AM EST
Lawmakers in Minnesota have clashed over funding the security around the trial of Derek Chauvin, who stands accused of killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck last May.
Minnesota s top law enforcement officials said on Tuesday that they are worried about arranging policing in the city during the March trial after Republicans opposed a proposal to have the state help pay for it, according to several media outlets.
Chauvin is one of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of Floyd and is the first of the defendants scheduled for trial.