Thomas Lane, one of the 4 former policemen involved in the death of George Floyd, was released on bail, but with conditions, from Hennepin County Jail in Minnesota. The CBSN broadcaster reports it. Lane paid a $ 750,000 bail. The local media report it.
Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin, who to immobilize him when he was already on the ground pressed a knee on his neck for almost nine minutes suffocating him. Chauvin remains in prison on charges of second and third degree murder and manslaughter of third degree. The other former policemen - Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and 37 year old Lane himself - will have to answer for the accusations of having helped and favored both the involuntary second degree murder and the second degree manslaughter. For them, a bail of $ 1 million each without conditions and $ 750,000 with conditions has been set. For Chauvin, the bail is $ 1.25 million without conditions and $ 1 million with conditions. The next hearing is scheduled for June 29.
The anti-racist protests following Floyd's death targeted another Confederate monument in Virginia, after that of Christopher Columbus: a crowd of protesters removed the statue of Jefferson Davis, a Mississippi Democrat who was the first and the only President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865. The blitz, documented by various videos posted on social networks, took place in Richmond, which Davis had established as the capital.