Fate of last ex-cop charged in Floyd murder lies with judge

Fate of last ex-cop charged in Floyd murder lies with judge

A defense attorney says a former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd is innocent of criminal wrongdoing and should be acquitted. But prosecutors argue Tou Thao “acted without courage and displayed no compassion” even though he could see Floyd’s life slowly ebbing away.

Fate of last ex-officer charged in George Floyd murder now lies with judge

Unlike the other three former officers, Tou Thao has maintained that he did nothing wrong.

Fate of last ex-cop charged in Floyd murder lies with judge

The attorney for a former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd said in court filings Tuesday that his client is innocent of criminal wrongdoing and should be acquitted on state charges of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter.

Fate of last ex-officer charged in Floyd murder lies with judge - Albert Lea Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS — The attorney for a former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd said in court filings Tuesday that his client is innocent of criminal wrongdoing and should be acquitted on state charges of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter. But prosecutors argued in their filings […] The post Fate of last ex-officer charged in Floyd murder lies with judge appeared first on…

Fate of last ex-cop charged in George Floyd murder lies with judge

Prosecutors argued in their filings that Tou Thao “acted without courage and displayed no compassion."

Fate of last ex-cop charged in Floyd murder lies with judge

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The attorney for a former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd said in court filings Tuesday that his client is innocent of criminal wrongdoing and should be acquitted on state charges of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter. But prosecutors argued in their filings that Tou Thao “acted without courage and displayed no compassion” despite his nearly nine…