A former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained George Floyd has been convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter.
presented in previous cases. His 177-page ruling, filed Monday night, was released Tuesday.
Unlike the other three former officers, Thao maintained that he did nothing wrong. When he rejected a plea deal in state court last August, he said “it would be lying” to plead guilty. Defense attorney Robert Paule argued that the state had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Thao knew that Chauvin was committing a crime or that Thao intended to help in a crime.
But Frank noted that witnesses who believe excited delirium is a real condition testified previously that Floyd displayed none of the symptoms. Cahill based his decision on exhibits and transcripts from Chauvin’s murder trial, which he presided over, andof Thao, Kueng and Lane last year. Thao was specifically convicted then of depriving Floyd of his right to medical care and of failing to intervene and stop Chauvin.
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