The ex-cop was charged in federal court with violating George Floyd's civil rights when he knelt on the Black man's neck for about 9 1/2 minutes as Floyd was facedown on the pavement, not resisting and pleading for air.
Prosecutors and attorneys for the former officers involved in the May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd could also argue several motions at Tuesday's hearing.
Attorneys for J. Kueng and Tou Thao said Tuesday that their clients would be unfairly prejudiced if they went to trial alongside Derek Chauvin, who was convicted on state murder charges for killing George Floyd.
Darnella Frazier received a citation and special award from the Pulitzer Prize board after bringing the murder of George Floyd to the nation's attention.
"No sentence can undo Mr. Floyd's death, and no sentence can undo the trauma Defendant's actions have inflicted. But the sentence the Court imposes must show that no one is above the law, and no one is below it," prosecutors wrote in court documents urging a lengthy sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
