(CNN) One of the three former Minneapolis Police officers who helped Derek Chauvin restrain George Floyd in May 2020 plans to testify in his own defense at his federal trial, his attorney said in opening statements Monday. The defendants' attorneys each spoke for about 35 minutes, making many of the same arguments that Chauvin did in his state murder trial. Kueng, Lane and Thao have pleaded not guilty to state charges of aiding and abetting in a trial tentatively set for June. The evidence at the federal trial will likely be broadly similar to Chauvin's murder trial in Minnesota state court last year. The three ex-officers' actions during Floyd's arrest in May 2020 were shown in detail during Chauvin's state trial in videos from bystanders, police body cameras and surveillance footage.

Source: CNN January 25, 2022 01:07 UTC