Policing on Trial: Attorney Ben Crump on Fed Case Against Three Cops Involved in George Floyd Murder
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5VXSG)
The Minneapolis judge who signed the no-knock warrant that led to the fatal police shooting of 22-year-old Black man Amir Locke also presided over the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-police officer convicted for the murder of George Floyd. The trial of three officers facing lesser charges - Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng - is currently underway after being delayed when one of the defendants tested positive for COVID. The trial will show the importance of accountability even from police who are bystanders to murder, says Benjamin Crump, part of the legal team for George Floyd's family.