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Chauvin was set free Wednesday from the Oak Park Heights prison in Minnesota after posting a non-cash $1 million bond backed by a place called A-Affordable Bail Bonds. His trial is scheduled to begin in March 2021.
Chauvin was caught on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd for nearly nine minutes as Floyd laid face-down and handcuffed Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis. Floyd died at the scene.
The other three officers involved, Alexander Keung, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were released from jail earlier this year and are seeking a change of venue for their upcoming trials. In videos of the incident, Keung and Lane are seen holding Floyd down as he struggled to breath. While Thao held back a gathering crowd.
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Chauvin, meanwhile, is hoping the blame game will be enough to get him off the hook; he plans to argue, as part of his defense, that his co-defenents Kueng and Lane are to blame for Floyd’s death because they did not attempt to de-escalate the situation
Kueng, Lane, and Thao, are each charged with aiding and abetting for both second-degree murder and manslaughter.