Judge allows third-degree murder charge in George Floyd death trial

Defendant and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, listens (AP)

A judge granted prosecutors’ request to add a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death.

Peter Cahill, a Hennepin County judge in Minnesota, added the charge after the former officer, Derek Chauvin, failed to get appellate courts to block it.