A district judge on Thursday ruled that there will be one trial for all four former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection to the death of George Floyd, and that the trial will stay in the city.
The ruling came after defense attorneys filed a motion to move the trial away from Minneapolis. They argued that defense witnesses may be hesitant to testify knowing that they might be subject to “rioting, assaults, and dox attacks,” citing alleged physical harassment and assault on one of the former officers and his attorney by an unruly crowd outside Hennepin County Courthouse. They also requested that their clients be tried separately, so that evidence against one officer wouldn’t affect another’s right to a fair trial.
