A defense attorney says a former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd is innocent of criminal wrongdoing and should be acquitted
FILE - This photo provided by the Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriff's Office on June 3, 2020, shows former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao. Thao's attorney said in court filings Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, that the former Minneapolis Police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying Floyd is innocent of criminal wrongdoing and should be acquitted on state charges of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter.
The state and federal cases against Derek Chauvin and the two other officers involved have largely been resolved, except for Chauvin's appeal of his murder conviction. But, based on stipulated evidence, whether he is guilty of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter in Floyd's killing, rather than going to trial.
Defense attorney Robert Paule argued in his written closing argument that the state has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Thao knew that Chauvin was committing a crime, nor that Thao intended to aid in a crime.
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