Ex-Officer Who Held Back Bystanders Found Guilty In George Floyd’s Murder

A former Minneapolis police officer who stopped concerned bystanders from intervening as one of his colleagues fatally knelt on George Floyd’s neck has been found guilty of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
According to court documents filed on Monday (May 1), Minnesota judge Peter Cahill handed down the guilty verdict to ex-officer Tou Thao who he said “actively encouraged his three colleagues’ dangerous prone restraint of Floyd” during the 2020 killing, pe