China News Service, June 5 (Xinhua) reported that on the 4th local time, three other former police officers involved in the death of the African-American man Freud, Alexander King, Thomas Lane and Tao Shao-zai The District Court of Hennepin County, Minnesota, appeared for the first time. The judge issued a bail of $1 million per person. They were charged with second-level abetting murder and second-level abetting manslaughter.
On May 25, local time, four policemen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, arrested George Freud, an African-American man, and pressed him to the ground. One of them pressed his neck against his neck, causing Flo Ed died.
According to reports, after Freud’s death caused a large-scale demonstration, the Minneapolis Police Department dismissed the three persons and the main suspect Xiao Wan, of which Xiao Wan was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Judge Skokine ruled that the bail for the three persons was unconditional US$1 million, or with conditions attached, the bail can be reduced to US$750,000, but the defendant must turn in the firearms he holds and prohibit him from contacting Freud Contact etc.
Defence lawyers advocate that bail is too high. They told the court that Xiao Wan was the training officer for Ryan and Kim, and they only worked for 4 and 3 days respectively.
In accordance with established practice, the defendant usually does not plead guilty when he first attends a Minnesota court, and Scokin sets the next hearing date to June 29.
According to reports, if the conviction is found, Xiao Wan will face up to 40 years in prison. Under Minnesota law, assisting and abetting second-degree murder is tantamount to second-degree murder charges, so if the conviction is found, the other three former police officers will face the same potential punishment as Xiao Wan. The date of Xiao Wan’s first court appearance has not yet been determined. He was arrested on May 29.
The report said that the narratives in the other three prosecutions were almost the same as those of Xiao Wan. In the prosecution of 37-year-old Ryan and 26-year-old Kim, they mentioned that they had asked whether to let Freud turn sideways, but the indictment also said that they did not take actual action to change Freud. Germany's overwhelming posture did not relieve his strength.
After nationwide protests against police brutality and discrimination, Minnesota Governor Waltz announced that the Minnesota Department of Human Rights will conduct a civil rights investigation of the police department to determine how to resolve its history of racial discrimination and find solutions to systemic changes.