Judge Peter Cahill, who is presiding over the trial of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin—who is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the death of George Floyd—has ruled that Chauvin’s trial will not be delayed or relocated after requests from defense attorneys. Chauvin’s lawyers argued last week that the announcement of the $27 million settlement Floyd’s family was granted after filing a civil lawsuit would unfairly prejudice the jury if the trial is held at its scheduled time.
... But before those of us who wish to see police officers held accountable for police violence get to celebrating too much, it should be mentioned that not all of Cahill’s ruling went in the prosecution’s favor.
On Thursday, The Root reported that Chauvin’s attorneys requested that the jury be allowed to see evidence from a 2019 arrest of George Floyd in order to show a pattern of behavior that allegedly involved Floyd putting drugs in his mouth after being confronted by police officers. Cahill also ruled Friday that some of the evidence in that arrest will be admissible
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