- A third body camera video was released on Thursday showing another vantage point of the fatal arrest of George Floyd on May 25.
- The footage was taken from ex-officer Tou Thao, who held back a crowd of horrified bystanders while his colleagues restrained Floyd.
- Throughout the video, Thao could be seen arguing with the onlookers, who urged officer Derek Chauvin to get off Floyd's neck, argued that Floyd wasn't breathing, and begged the officers to check Floyd's pulse.
- Thao's lawyer submitted the video to court as part of a motion to dismiss the criminal charges against him, arguing that Thao himself never touched Floyd, and that he was handling the crowd and not watching while his colleagues knelt on Floyd.
- Thao, like ex-officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, faces charges of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter.
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New body camera footage released Thursday showed George Floyd's fatal police encounter from the vantage point of officer Tou Thao, who argued with a crowd of horrified bystanders while his colleagues restrained Floyd.
The footage was filed in court by Thao's attorney, who submitted a motion last month to dismiss the criminal charges he faces, the Minneapolis StarTribune reported. Thao was charged with aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter.
Previously released footage was taken from the body cameras of officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, who were also charged with aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter.
Thao's lawyer argued that his client shouldn't face charges because Thao was handling a growing crowd of angry and concerned bystanders, and therefore wasn't watching while his colleagues knelt on Floyd.
"The last time Officer Thao turned around to see what was happening, Mr. Floyd was alive and breathing," Thao's lawyer, Robert Paule, wrote in a memo filed in court last week, according to the StarTribune. "Officer Thao spent the time during the arrest of Mr. Floyd focused on keeping the civilian bystanders out of the scene to allow the other three officers to effectuate the legal arrest."
Paule also argued that Thao never physically touched Floyd, and even offered a hobble restraint, which the other officers opted not to use, the StarTribune reported.
