A Minnesota judge has ruled that the former Minneapolis police officer seen in cellphone video kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for several minutes last summer, will stand trial alone in March.
Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill ruled that the trial for Derek Chauvin, who is facing charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter for his role in Floyd’s death, will begin on March 8.
Cahill cited the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as reason for trying Chauvin’s case separately from three other former Minneapolis police officers who were at the scene when Floyd cried out that he could not breathe.
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