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		</div><h6><span style="color: #362c2c;"><strong>Disgraced White Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin had his bail increased to $1.25M, said little as he make his first court appearance facing murder charges in the killing of a black man in the full glare of cameras</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #362c2c;"><strong>who &#8216;killed&#8217; George Floyd has his bail increased to $1.25M, as the fired officer makes his first court appearance</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #362c2c;"><strong>Derek Chauvin&#8217;s bail was increased to $1.25 million as the former police officer charged in the death of George Floyd </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #362c2c;"><strong>Making his first court appearance Monday, Chauvin spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth and when asked if he had any firearms still in his possession</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #362c2c;"><strong>Chauvin&#8217;s attorney raised no objections and agreed to make arrangements to have the firearm Chauvin admitted he had at his home removed should he post bail</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #362c2c;"><strong>The former Minneapolis police officer was first arrested on May 29 on third-degree murder charges &#8211; four days after Floyd&#8217;s death on Memorial Day </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #362c2c;"><strong>But after national outcry, the state AG took over the case from the local prosecutor &#8211; the charges subsequently were upgraded last Wednesday</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #362c2c;"><strong>Same Monday in Houston, mourners gathered for the public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church in Houston </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #362c2c;"><strong>Other officers involved in the deadly arrest J Alexander Kueng, 36, Thomas Lane, 37, and Tou Thao, 34, appeared in Hennepin County District Court on June 4</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #362c2c;"><strong>They are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder, while committing a felony and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #362c2c;">B<strong>ail for the three men was set at $1m</strong></span></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Derek Chauvin&#8217;s bail has been increased to $1.25 million as the former police officer charged in the death of George Floyd made his first appearance in court today.<br />
In setting bail, Judge Denise Reilly acknowledged Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank&#8217;s assertion that the case had prompted, &#8216;a strong reaction in the community to put it mildly.&#8217;<br />
Chauvin&#8217;s defense attorney Eric Nelson raised no objections and agreed to make arrangements to have the firearm Chauvin admitted to having at his home removed should he post bail.<br />
His appearance came exactly two weeks after video of Floyd&#8217;s death ignited outrage that erupted into violence and protest as the world bore witness to the 46-year-old&#8217;s agonizing final moments; 8 minutes and 46 seconds, dying under the knee of the fired Minneapolis cop.<br />
It had been due to take place last week, but was pushed back due to security concerns.<br />
Those same concerns led Chauvin, 44, to not appear in person but via video link from the maximum security Minnesota Correctional Facility in Oak Park Heights where the former police officer has been held under suicide watch since being moved from Hennepin County Jail on June 1.<br />
Chauvin spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth and when asked if he had any firearms still in his possession.</p>
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Bail for the former police officer has been increased to $1.25 million.<br />
Chauvin&#8217;s next court appearance is set for June 29. His previous bail was set at $500,000.<br />
He spoke clearly though his voice sounded hollow across the video link audio. He was handcuffed and wore a mask dressed in prison regulation orange.<br />
His appearance had been slightly delayed due to a confusion that saw prison officers waiting for his attorney’s arrival before bringing him in, only to be informed by Nelson that he was in the court.</span></div>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-347690" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/George-Floyd-was-killed-by-David-Chauvin-5-1.jpg" alt="George Floyd was killed by David Chauvin 5" width="671" height="608" />Chauvin&#8217;s charges were upgraded to include second degree murder last Wednesday, the same day the officers who did nothing as he pressed the life out of Floyd were arrested.</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Chauvin answered clearly and without hesitation for the most part stumbling only slightly when asked to state his address before prefacing his response, ‘Well it used to be&#8230;’<br />
In the days after Floyd&#8217;s death, protesters wrote &#8216;Murderer&#8217; in chalk outside his home, as well as &#8216;A murderer lives here.&#8217;<br />
Chauvin&#8217;s charges were upgraded to include second degree murder last Wednesday, the same day the officers who did nothing as he pressed the life out of Floyd were arrested.<br />
In the 15 days since Floyd&#8217;s death and his arrest, Chauvin has been swiftly off-loaded by his wife of ten years, former Minneapolis pageant queen Kellie, 45, who filed for divorce the day before charges were brought.<br />
Meanwhile two of the three officers who looked on as Floyd died moved with similar alacrity, to place all blame firmly on the 20-year-old veteran at their own first appearances last Thursday.<br />
The three other officers present when George Floyd was killed &#8211; Alexander Kueng, 26, of Plymouth; Thomas Lane, 37, of St Paul; and Tou Thao, 34, of Coon Rapids, appeared in Hennepin County District Court on June 4.</p>
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<h6 class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-348695" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Thomas-Lane-left-J-Alexander-Kueng-center-and-Tou-Thao-right-1.jpg" alt="Thomas Lane, [left], J Alexander Kueng, [center] and Tou Thao [right] 1" width="879" height="402" />Chauvin&#8217;s partners, former cops Thomas Lane, [left], J. Alexander Kueng, [center], of Plymouth and Tou Thao, [right] was also charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder – unintentional – while committing a felony and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter, culpable negligence creating unreasonable risk </strong></h6>
<p class="imageCaption">Bail for all three was set at $1 million. Thao&#8217;s attorney made little objection. But attorneys for Kueng and Lane kicked back at this and the charges leveled against their clients arguing that both were rookies &#8211; Kueng was on his third shift and Lane was just four days on the force – who had no sway over Chauvin, a far more senior officer and a veteran of 20 years</p>
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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">All three fired officers have been </span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder – unintentional – while committing a felony and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter, culpable negligence creating unreasonable risk. </span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">Bail for all three was set at $1 million. </span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Thao&#8217;s attorney made little objection, but attorneys for Kueng and Lane kicked back at this and the charges leveled against their clients arguing that both were rookies &#8211; Kueng was on his third shift and Lane was just four days on the force – who had no sway over Chauvin, a far more senior officer and a veteran of 20 years.<br />
&#8216;What was he supposed to do? Tell Chauvin to get off?&#8217;, Lane&#8217;s attorney, Earl Gray demanded.<br />
Gray described Lane as &#8216;a good guy.&#8217; He reminded the judge that his client had asked repeatedly, &#8216;Shall we roll him?&#8217; and that his client alone had got into the ambulance and attempted to resuscitate Floyd with CPR.<br />
For his part Kueng&#8217;s attorney, Thomas Plunkett painted his client as a &#8216;young African American male who grew up with an absentee father and a single mother&#8217; and had turned to law enforcement to make his community &#8216;a better place.&#8217;<br />
As it was, he insisted, he was no flight risk and had never lived more than 10 miles from where he was born in South Minneapolis where his family ties are significant.<br />
According to Plunkett, the graduate of Henry Patrick High School shared in the childcare since his mother adopted four at-risk children from the community.</p>
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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">Chauvin answered clearly and without hesitation for the most part stumbling only slightly when asked to state his address before prefacing his response, ‘Well it used to be&#8230;’ In the days after Floyd&#8217;s death, protesters wrote &#8216;Murderer&#8217; in chalk outside his home, as well as &#8216;A murderer lives here&#8217; </span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Unlike Chauvin, the disgraced former cops had been escorted through an underground tunnel between Hennepin County Jail and Hennepin County District Court.<br />
Just a couple of blocks away, mourners gathered at North Central University for a memorial service held by family and friends and led by Civil Rights leader Rev Al Sharpton.<br />
It was the first of three. A second was held Sunday in Raeford, North Carolina, the town where Floyd was born. He will be buried in Houston on Tuesday in a plot next to his mother.<br />
In setting the bail, the judge said he had &#8216;struggled to find any comparisons&#8217; for the cases but appeared convinced by Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank&#8217;s assertion that the terrible nature of the crime and the high profile rendered each defendant a high flight risk.<br />
If convicted as charged, the men face up to 40 years in prison on the first count, with the second carrying a sentence of up to 10 years and a maximum fine of $20,000.<br />
The actions of all four officers are now all too well-rehearsed and set down in a detailed Statement of Probable Cause pieced together from surveillance footage, interviews with witnesses and their own body cameras.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-348684" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Officer-Tou-Thao-looks-on-while-J-Alexander-Kueng-puts-George-Floyd-in-their-cruiser-on-May-25.jpg" alt="Officer Tou Thao looks on while J Alexander Kueng puts George Floyd in their cruiser on May 25" width="803" height="576" />Officer Tou Thao looks on while another officer, J Alexander Kueng can be seen leaning into the car when the Minneapolis cops initially put George Floyd in their cruiser on May 25</strong></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-348119" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Tou-Thao-leftlooks-on-as-Derek-Chauvin-J.A.-Kueng-and-Thomas-Lane-right-kneelig-on-George-Floyd-on-May-1-2020.jpg" alt="Tou Thao [left],looks on as Derek Chauvin, J.A. Kueng and Thomas Lane [right], kneelig on George Floyd on May 1, 2020" width="669" height="393" />The brief clips provide a different angle than the widely publicized video that was filmed on Memorial Day, with three officers seen on George Floyd&#8217;s back</strong></h6>
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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">Chauvin answered clearly and without hesitation for the most part stumbling only slightly when asked to state his address before prefacing his response, ‘Well it used to be&#8230;’ In the days after Floyd&#8217;s death, protesters wrote &#8216;Murderer&#8217; in chalk outside his home, as well as &#8216;A murderer lives here&#8217; </span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Unlike Chauvin, the disgraced former cops had been escorted through an underground tunnel between Hennepin County Jail and Hennepin County District Court.<br />
In setting the bail, the judge said he had &#8216;struggled to find any comparisons&#8217; for the cases but appeared convinced by Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank&#8217;s assertion that the terrible nature of the crime and the high profile rendered each defendant a high flight risk.<br />
If convicted as charged, the men face up to 40 years in prison on the first count, with the second carrying a sentence of up to 10 years and a maximum fine of $20,000.<br />
The actions of all four officers are now all too well-rehearsed and set down in a detailed Statement of Probable Cause pieced together from surveillance footage, interviews with witnesses and their own body cameras.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-348674" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Protesters-gather-outside-the-Public-Safety-Facility-building-on-June-8-2020-in-Minneapolis-2.jpg" alt="Protesters gather outside the Public Safety Facility building on June 8, 2020 in Minneapolis 2" width="873" height="566" />Protesters gather outside the Public Safety Facility building on Monday in Minneapolis before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will be charged in the death of George Floyd</strong></h6>
<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><strong style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-348647" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/George-Floyds-golden-casket-arrived-at-the-Fountain-of-Praise-church-in-Houston-Tx-1.jpg" alt="George Floyd's golden casket arrived at the Fountain of Praise church in Houston, Tx 1" width="878" height="885" /></strong>George Floyd&#8217;s golden casket arrived at the Fountain of Praise church in Houston, Texas on Monday ahead of a six-hour viewing<br />
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Floyd was parked in a car just around the corner when the officers arrived. There were three people in the car, with Floyd in the driver&#8217;s seat. As Lane began speaking with Floyd through his open window, he pulled his gun and asked Floyd to show him his hands.<br />
Floyd placed his hands on the steering wheel and Lane re-holstered his gun.<br />
The footage goes on to show Floyd complying with all the officers&#8217; requests – getting out of the car, sitting on the ground, being handcuffed.<br />
The probable cause statement notes that as he sat on the ground, &#8216;Floyd said, &#8216;Thank you man,&#8217; and was calm.&#8217;<br />
It was only when Lane stood Floyd up and tried to get him into the squad car that the man &#8216;stiffened&#8217; and fell to the ground.<br />
The statement said: &#8216;Mr Floyd told the officers that he was not resisting but did not want to get in the back seat and was claustrophobic.&#8217;<span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"> </span></p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-348683" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Officer-Tou-Thao-looks-on-while-J-Alexander-Kueng-puts-George-Floyd-in-their-cruiser-2.jpg" alt="Officer Tou Thao looks on while J Alexander Kueng puts George Floyd in their cruiser 2" width="807" height="536" />Minutes before he was killed by three cops kneeling on his prone body, it appears George Floyd is already in the in the back of the police cruiser, though he can&#8217;t be seen in the footage. Officer J Alexander Kueng can be seen leaning through the back door and appears to be struggling with him while his colleague Tou Thao looks on</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Chauvin and Thao arrived in separate squad cars at this point and all four officers began trying to push Floyd into the car as he, &#8216;repeatedly said that he could not breathe.&#8217;<br />
At 8.19pm Chauvin pulled Floyd from the car and he went to the ground face down. Keung had his back, Lane held his legs, Chauvin placed his knee on Floyd&#8217;s neck in an act that has reverberated around the world.<br />
Floyd said, &#8216;I&#8217;m about to die,&#8217; he repeatedly called for his &#8216;mama&#8217; and said he could not breathe but they held their positions as Chauvin pressed the life out of the 46-year-old.<br />
After five minutes Floyd stopped moving, after six he fell silent and stopped breathing. Lane said he &#8216;wanted to roll him on his side.&#8217; Kueng check his wrist and found no pulse.<br />
Still they held their positions. Two minutes later at 8.27pm Chauvin finally relinquished his pressure. By then he was holding down a dead man.<br />
Kueng, Thao and Lane will next appear at a June 29 hearing.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-348669" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mourners-attend-George-Floyds-casket-viewing-in-Houston-Tx-on-June-8-2.jpg" alt="Mourners attend George Floyd's casket viewing in Houston, Tx on June 8 2" width="1215" height="776" />Mourners have started arriving to view George Floyd &#8216;s open casket in his hometown of Houston, Texas on Monday in the final stop of a series of memorials in his honor</strong></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-348670" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mourners-attend-George-Floyds-casket-viewing-in-Houston-Tx-on-June-8-1.jpg" alt="Mourners attend George Floyd's casket viewing in Houston, Tx on June 8 1" width="1101" height="683" />The viewing is open to the public but visitors are required to wear a mask and gloves to comply with coronavirus -related guidelines, as well as have their temperature checked prior to entering the church</strong></h6>
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<p>As the alleged killers in court, mourners gathered at North Central University for a memorial service held by family and friends and led by Civil Rights leader Rev Al Sharpton.<br />
It was the first of three. A second was held Sunday in Raeford, North Carolina, the town where Floyd was born. A third memorial service was held in his hometown of Houston on Monday.<br />
He will be buried in Houston on Tuesday in a plot next to his mother.</p>
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Derek Chauvin the White Minneapolis cop won trial for ‘killing’ George Floyd, says little as he makes his first court appearance – Has bail is increased from $500k to $1.25M
