Both Sides Seek to Delay State Trial for Cops in Floyd Death

(L-R) Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao, in booking photos. Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP

MINNEAPOLIS—Prosecutors and defense attorneys for three former Minneapolis officers who are charged in the death of George Floyd asked a judge on Friday to postpone their state trial while a federal civil rights trial goes forward.

Thomas Lane, J. Kueng, and Tou Thao are scheduled to go to trial on March 7 on state charges of aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter. The three also face a federal trial on Jan. 20 on charges alleging they violated Floyd’s civil rights while acting under government authority.