GUILTY MN - George Floyd, 46, killed in police custody, Minneapolis, 25 May 2020 #20

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During Thursday's hearing, Gray dropped his earlier request that the state provide all use-of-force reports since July 2016 in which another officer intervened in force used by a colleague, because he is pursuing information from the city himself. An officer’s duty to intervene came up often during testimony in Chauvin’s trial.

Cahill also denied a defense request to issue a factual finding that a potential expert witness for the state coerced Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker to change his findings by noting that neck compression was a factor in Floyd's death. Paule said Thursday that he wasn't accusing the state of using former Washington, D.C., medical examiner Dr. Roger Mitchell to coerce Baker, but that the state failed to take action after prosecutors learned Mitchell threatened to write an op-ed critical of Baker's findings. The state ultimately did not call Mitchell as a witness in Chauvin's case.

“I'm not finding any coercion at all,” Cahill said, but he ordered the state to provide the defense with materials about their exchanges with Mitchell, and he said the defense could question Baker about any possible coercion during cross-examination at trial.

Cahill also denied a defense request to sanction the state over a New York Times report based on leaked information about how Chauvin had been prepared to plead guilty days after Floyd's death. Numerous lawyers from the attorney general's office and the Hennepin County attorney's office have filed affidavits stating that they weren't the source of the leaked information, and Cahill said Thursday that he doesn't believe the state was the leak's source. He quashed a defense subpoena to have state Attorney General Keith Ellison testify about the issue.

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Defense, prosecution reverse stances on broadcast of ex-cops' trial in Floyd death

 

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During Thursday's hearing, Gray dropped his earlier request that the state provide all use-of-force reports since July 2016 in which another officer intervened in force used by a colleague, because he is pursuing information from the city himself. An officer’s duty to intervene came up often during testimony in Chauvin’s trial.

Cahill also denied a defense request to issue a factual finding that a potential expert witness for the state coerced Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker to change his findings by noting that neck compression was a factor in Floyd's death. Paule said Thursday that he wasn't accusing the state of using former Washington, D.C., medical examiner Dr. Roger Mitchell to coerce Baker, but that the state failed to take action after prosecutors learned Mitchell threatened to write an op-ed critical of Baker's findings. The state ultimately did not call Mitchell as a witness in Chauvin's case.

“I'm not finding any coercion at all,” Cahill said, but he ordered the state to provide the defense with materials about their exchanges with Mitchell, and he said the defense could question Baker about any possible coercion during cross-examination at trial.

Cahill also denied a defense request to sanction the state over a New York Times report based on leaked information about how Chauvin had been prepared to plead guilty days after Floyd's death. Numerous lawyers from the attorney general's office and the Hennepin County attorney's office have filed affidavits stating that they weren't the source of the leaked information, and Cahill said Thursday that he doesn't believe the state was the leak's source. He quashed a defense subpoena to have state Attorney General Keith Ellison testify about the issue.

Ex-Minneapolis Officers Ask Court to Block Broadcast of Trial in George Floyd Death


Defense, prosecution reverse stances on broadcast of ex-cops' trial in Floyd death

They don't intend going quietly, do they?
Even though a man was murdered viciously while they looked on, confidently!

 

[JerseyGirl]

Inside the Secret Operation to Keep Derek Chauvin Alive During Trial

Chauvin wasn't in custody during the trial, but holed up 35 miles away from the Minneapolis courthouse, across state lines in Wisconsin. And the job of getting one of America's most hated men back and forth from the courthouse every day was a logistical nightmare.

Yelle used a fleet of bulletproof SUVs to prevent any assassination attempt targeting Chauvin. Every SUV was equipped with a bag of things like mace, gas masks, tourniquets and face masks. Chauvin’s security detail wore bulletproof vests.

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Tuesday, Sept. 14th:
*Arraignment Hearing (@ am CT) –MN - *Federal Grand Jury indicted & charged (5/7/21) Derek Michael Chauvin (44/now 45) for violated Floyd’s civil rights. Charged with violating Floyd's right to be free from unreasonable seizure, unreasonable force by a police officer & for failure to provide Floyd with medical care. Also indicted & charged (5/7/21) in a second indictment (stemming from the arrest & neck restraint of a 14-year-old boy in 2017) with Count 1 without legal justification held the teenager by the throat & struck the teenager multiple times in the head with a flashlight. Alleges that this offense included the use of a dangerous weapon-a flashlight & resulted in bodily injury to teenager. Count 2 charges that Chauvin held his knee on the neck & the upper back of teenager even after the teenager was lying prone, handcuffed & unresisting, also resulting in bodily injury.
Court info from 5/7/21 reference post #640 here:
GUILTY - MN - George Floyd, 46, killed in police custody, Minneapolis, 25 May 2020 #20
5/31/21 Update: Initial appearance Tuesday (6/1/21) in federal court to face charges alleging he violated Floyd’s civil rights by pinning the Black man to the pavement with his knee. Chauvin is scheduled to appear in federal court via video conference from Minnesota’s maximum-security prison in Oak Park Heights, where he’s being held as he awaits sentencing following his April conviction on murder and manslaughter charges.
6/1/21 Update: Chauvin said he's financially unable to employ counsel in Federal case, so U.S. Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson appointed Eric Nelson (his lawyer from State case) to be his counsel. Chauvin also waived his right to contest Federal detention given his current situation as a convicted murderer. Asst. attorney Manda Sertich said the government had no objection to holding the initial appearance via video conference. Judge Thorson reminded the government of its obligation to hand exculpatory evidence to the defense under Brady vs. Maryland. Chauvin has not yet entered a plea on the civil rights charges, & an arraignment has not yet been scheduled.
6/4/21 Update: Magistrate Judge Tony Leung said the four men would be arraigned Sept. 14, subject to any further orders from the court. A date for trial has not been set.
8/17/21: In documents obtained by Radar, Anders Folk — Acting United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota — is fighting back against Chauvin, Kueng & Thao's demands. According to the docs, the three ex-cops want the prosecution to "produce a list of all individuals it intends to call as a witness at trial," including the "name & address of each potential witness." Chauvin & Kueng want to be provided the list "one month in advance of trial," while Thao asks the disclosure of witnesses "be made six months before trial." Prosecutors argue that "the government is under no obligation to provide this information to the defense prior to trial." Prosecutors agree "to provide, at least 30 days prior to trial, a potential witness list identifying the witnesses it may call in its case-in-chief & expressly asks that a similar & reciprocal disclosure obligation be ordered for each defendant."
*Charged (7/22/20) with 6 counts of aiding & abetting taxes-false or fraudulent returns-filed with commissioner & 3 counts of aiding & abetting taxes-failure to file return, report, document. Omnibus hearing on 9/24/21.
Floyd murder guilty – sentenced on 6/25/21 to 22½ years in prison.

ALSO:
*Arraignment Hearing for all 3 (@ am CT) –MN - *Federal Grand Jury indicted & charged (5/7/21) Tou Thao (34/now 35) & J. Alexander Kueng (26/now 27) for violated Floyd’s civil rights. Charged with violating Floyd's right to be free from unreasonable seizure, alleging they willfully failed to intervene to stop Chauvin’s unreasonable force, resulting in bodily injury to & the death of Mr. Floyd & failure to provide Floyd with medical care. Thomas Kiernan Lane (37/now 38) is charged with failure to provide Floyd with medical care. All released on $25K unsecured bonds.
Info on indictment of 5/7/21 reference post #595 here:
GUILTY - MN - George Floyd, 46, killed in police custody, Minneapolis, 25 May 2020 #20
Trial was set to begin on 8/2/21 was continued no further dates.
5/15/21 Update: Lane, Kueng & Thao will be arraigned on civil rights violations on July 14 in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. Their trial date has yet to be determined. Trial is set to begin on 8/2/21.
5/21/21 Update: U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz ordered the U.S. attorney's office & the Minnesota attorney general to provide a list of every person to whom they disclosed grand jury activity. He also ordered the U.S. Attorney's office to explain why he shouldn't appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate & file criminal contempt of court charges for the disclosures. Schiltz wants the responses filed under seal no later than June 4.
6/4/21 Update: Magistrate Judge Tony Leung said the four men would be arraigned Sept. 14, subject to any further orders from the court. A date for trial has not been set.
8/2/21 Update: Attorneys for Kueng, Lane & Thao filed motions this week requesting that their trials be severed from Chauvin's trial because his case could potentially prejudice jurors against their clients. No date has been set for the trial. Co-defendants are typically tried in one trial in federal court.
8/17/21: In documents obtained by Radar, Anders Folk — Acting United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota — is fighting back against Chauvin, Kueng & Thao's demands. According to the docs, the three ex-cops want the prosecution to "produce a list of all individuals it intends to call as a witness at trial," including the "name & address of each potential witness." Chauvin & Kueng want to be provided the list "one month in advance of trial," while Thao asks the disclosure of witnesses "be made six months before trial." Prosecutors argue that "the government is under no obligation to provide this information to the defense prior to trial." Prosecutors agree "to provide, at least 30 days prior to trial, a potential witness list identifying the witnesses it may call in its case-in-chief & expressly asks that a similar & reciprocal disclosure obligation be ordered for each defendant."
MN – George Perry Floyd, Jr. (46) (May 25, 2020, Minneapolis, arrested for forgery & killed in police custody) – Tou Thao (34/now 35), Thomas Kiernan Lane (37/now 38), & J. Alexander Kueng (26/now 27) were fired (5/26/20), arrested (6/3/20) & charged (6/4/20) with aiding & abetting 2nd degree murder-unintentional-while committing a felony & aiding & abetting 2nd degree manslaughter-culpable negligence creating unreasonable risk. Bond set at $1M for all or bond conditions @ $750K. Lane released (6/10/20) on $750K bond with conditions. Kueng released (6/19/20) on $750K bond with conditions. Thao released (7/4/20) on $750K bond with conditions.
Trial was set to begin on 8/23/21 continued to 3/7/22 with jury selection. Federal case will be tried first.
Bond conditions & court info from 6/3/20 to 8/17/21 reference post #979 here:
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