Bail Raised to $1.25 Million for Former Police Officer in George Floyd Death

Bail Raised to $1.25 Million for Former Police Officer in George Floyd Death
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin poses for an undated booking photograph. Minnesota Department of Corrections via Reuters
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Bail for the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, whose death ignited two weeks of protests, was raised by $250,000 to $1.25 million at a hearing on June 8.

Former officer Derek Chauvin, 44, has been charged with second- and third-degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s May 25 death in Minneapolis by kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes.