George Floyd death: four ex-police officers indicted on civil rights charges
by Joanna Walters in New York and Joan E Greve in Was from US news | The Guardian on (#5HJJS)
- Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J Kueng and Tou Thao charged
- Quartet accused of violating Floyd's constitutional rights
A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd's arrest and murder, accusing them of violating the Black man's constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air, according to indictments unsealed on Friday.
The three-count indictment on civil rights charges names Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J Kueng and Tou Thao.
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