The officers were offered arrangements for the protest on March 22, the attorney general’s office said. It was only a few weeks after he was found guilty in federal court of violating Floyd’s civil rights. The Attorney General’s Office will not provide details on what the proposed objection agreements entailed. The terms of the offer are expected to be made public when the trinity state trial begins. CNN contacted the lawyers of all three former officers. Kueng’s lawyer, Tom Plunkett, declined to share details about why the offer was rejected. CNN has not received any news from the lawyers about the other two former officers. All three remain on bail and have not yet been convicted in federal court in late February. The state charges stem from the officers’ actions – or lack thereof – on May 25, 2020, as their former colleague, Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee to Floyd’s neck and back, who was handcuffed and lying on his stomach the sidewalk. Kueng and Lane, both novice officers, held Floyd’s torso and legs while Thao stood nearby, holding a crowd of upset passersby. Chauvin was sentenced last year in state court for the murder of Floyd’s death and sentenced to more than 22 years in prison. As part of a plea deal, Chauvin pleaded guilty in December to federal civil rights charges related to Floyd’s death and confining a teenager to a separate incident. CNN’s Dakin Andone and Eric Levenson contributed to this report.
