Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is facing murder and manslaughter charges in the killing of George Floyd, can leave the state of Minnesota due to “safety concerns,” NBC News reports.
A Hennepin County judge issued a ruling Friday updating the terms of Chauvin’s bond conditions.
According to NBC News, the Department of Corrections provided evidence that unidentified "safety concerns" have popped up in Chauvin's pretrial, conditional release.
Chauvin was released from jail on Wednesday on a $1 million bond. He was charged in late May after video showed him kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about eight minutes during an arrest on May 25.
As a result of the report, the judge ruled that he would change the conditions of Chauvin’s release to allow him to live either in Minnesota or a neighboring state.
The judge's order also said that Chauvin will have "no permanent address" in the public court information system. Chauvin must report his new address to his conditional release officer, who can share it with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Court Security Division, the prosecution, and the defense.
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