MINNEAPOLIS (AP/KELO.com) — Citing safety concerns, a Minnesota judge has issued new conditions of release for an ex-Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd.
The order would let him live in a neighboring state while he awaits trial.
Derek Chauvin posted a $1 million bond on Wednesday.
Would South Dakota take Chauvin since it is a neighboring state?
Governor Kristi Noem’s spokesman Ian Fury tells KELO.com News, “We’re not going to involve ourselves in an ongoing legal matter.”
Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s spokesman Tim Bormann tells us, “The Office of the Attorney General has no comment on this matter.”
Chauvin was allowed to walk free from a prison where he’d been held since shortly after his arrest.
Chauvin’s release triggered two nights of protests in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Saying there’s evidence to support safety concerns, the judge is now letting Chauvin live in Minnesota or a neighboring state at a confidential address pending trial.
(The Associated Press, a KELO.com news service, and Liz Ryan with KELO.com News contributed to this report.)
(This article was edited for clarity at 2:00 p.m., 10/9/20.)
