George Floyd death: 4 ex cops indicted on US civil rights charges
7 May, 2021 08:04 PM
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By: Amy Forliti and Michael Balsamo
A US federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd s arrest and death, accusing them of wilfully violating the Black man s constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air.
A three-count indictment unsealed on Friday (local time) names Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J Kueng and Tou Thao Chauvin, convicted last month on state charges of murder and manslaughter, is charged with violating Floyd s right to be free from unreasonable seizure and unreasonable force by a police officer. Thao and Kueng are also charged with violating Floyd s right to be free from unreasonable seizure, accused of not intervening to stop Chauvin as he knelt on Floyd s neck. All four o