Tou Thao, a Former Minneapolis police officer, has been found guilty for his role in George Floyd's death, by a Minnesota judge.
The verdict comes nearly three years after Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Thao were fired and arrested for their actions, in May 2020 as Chauvin pressed his knee into the neck and back of Floyd, who was handcuffed and lying on his stomach, for more than nine minutes.
Thao was standing nearby and ordered residents not to interfere with police. Even as Floyd pleaded for air and for his mother, Thao made mocking references to Floyd’s assumed drug use and kept the bystanders from helping.
Floyd was a 46-year-old bouncer from Houston who had lost his job at a restaurant when the coronavirus pandemic hit.