MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Court adjourned early on Friday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd.
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said the trial is ahead of schedule. The trial is being broadcast live, gavel to gavel, on FOX 9 and streaming live at fox9.com/live.
Only two witnesses testified on Friday, both members of the Minneapolis Police Department: Lt. Richard Zimmerman, head of the Homicide Unit and the most senior person among the officers, and Sgt.
Jon Edwards.The state called Lt. Richard Zimmerman of the Minneapolis Police Department Homicide Unit to the stand Friday. Zimmerman has been with the MPD since 1985 and has the most seniority on the force.