Former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death released on $1-million bond
Source: Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO
The former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd posted bail on Wednesday and was released from prison.
According to court documents, Derek Chauvin posted $1-million bond, and the Department of Corrections confirmed he was no longer in custody at the states facility in Oak Park Heights, where he had been detained.
Floyd, a Black man in handcuffs, died May 25 after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee against Floyds neck for several minutes as Floyd said he couldnt breathe. Floyds death was captured in widely seen bystander video that set off protests around the world. Chauvin and three other officers were fired. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder and other crimes; Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao are charged with aiding and abetting.
The other three officers previously posted bail amounts of $750,000 and have been free pending trial. Currently, all four men are scheduled to face trial together in March, but the judge is weighing a request to have them tried separately.
Read more: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-former-minneapolis-police-officer-charged-in-george-floyds-death/
(Short article, no more at link.)
redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)10% is $100,000.
Cattledog
(5,897 posts)Court records show he posted a non-cash $1 million bond backed by a place called A-Affordable Bail Bonds.
OldBaldy1701E
(4,963 posts)which cannot brook any disobedience as well as any questioning of their authority or their claim to absolute power. Hell, I am, betting there was a line of folks wanting to help that poor white guy who was only following orders and trying to de-escalate a dangerous... you know what, I can't even do this as sarcasm.
Demovictory9
(32,320 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)EarthFirst
(2,877 posts)tenderfoot
(8,424 posts)eom
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)His wife was some kind of realtor, I believe.
Maybe she scraped the money together.
Cattledog
(5,897 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)I thought that the "divorce" announcement was a scam to hide some assets.
She allegedly "filed" the day he was charged, or the day after. It just smelled fishy to me.
Aristus
(66,075 posts)Goddammit! It was NINE minutes!!!