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Ex-Minneapolis Police Officers Plead Not Guilty To Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights

Tim Pearce
Ex-Minneapolis Police Officers Plead Not Guilty To Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights
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Four former Minneapolis police officers pleaded not guilty to violating George Floyd’s civil rights in a federal court on Tuesday.

Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao appeared in court via videoconference to make their pleas. Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering Floyd earlier this year, joined from a room in a Minnesota maximum-security prison, according to USA Today.

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