Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao's attorney is asking a judge to acquit him on a state charge stemming from George Floyd's death, contending he 'never touched' the 46-year-old and was only doing what he was trained to do during the 2020 incident.
February 1, 2023, 2:06 PMFILE - In this screen grab from video, former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao appears at the scene where George Floyd died at the hands of former Police Officer Derek Chauvin, on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis.
Cahill has until mid-February to reach a verdict based on a review of evidence stipulated by prosecutors and defense attorneys. Prosecutors from the state Attorney General's office asked Cahill to find Thao guilty, contending in their closing argument that "the evidence establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that Tou Thao aided and abetted the second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd."The prosecutors added, Thao "actively encouraged his colleagues' dangerous prone restraint, and held back a crowd of concerned onlookers who begged the officers to render medical aid.
Thao is one of four former officers to face both state and federal charges in Floyd's death, including 46-year-old Derek Chauvin, who was captured on security video and witness cell phone footage digging his knee into the back of Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes, rendering the handcuffed and prone man unconscious and without a pulse.
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