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Three ex-cops found guilty of violating George Floyd’s rights

Floyd's 2020 killing sparked protests across the United States and around the world [File: Julio Cortez/AP Photo]

A jury in the United States has found three former Minneapolis police officers guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights.

Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for more than nine minutes as he was handcuffed and face down on the street on May 25, 2020.

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