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Minneapolis, Minnesota: Murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin
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Derek Chauvin Appears Ready to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges for Depriving George Floyd of Civil Rights
13 December 2021
lawandcrime.com
13 December 2021
Ex-Minneapolis police officer and convicted murderer Derek Chauvin has a change of plea hearing scheduled for Wednesday, according to an official news release issued by the court. In addition to the Minnesota state criminal charges, Chauvin and three other officers on the scene of George Floyd, Jr.’s death in 2020 were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly depriving Floyd of his federal civil rights. The Department of Justice revealed an indictment in the case in May, naming Chauvin and former officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane, as co-defendants (unlike Chauvin, the other officers’ state case ...
Derek Chauvin Appears Ready to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges for Depriving George Floyd of Civil Rights
Ex-Minneapolis police officer and convicted murderer Derek Chauvin has a change of plea hearing scheduled for Wednesday, according to an official news release issued by the court.
lawandcrime.com
Derek Chauvin Pleads Guilty to Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights
15 December 2021
www.motherjones.com
15 December 2021
Months after Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, the former police officer on Monday pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation, likely extending the time he’ll spend behind bars by two and a half years. Chauvin admitted that he had violated Floyd’s constitutional rights to be free from unreasonable seizures. Federal prosecutors will ask a judge to sentence Chauvin to 25 years in federal prison, to be served concurrently with his murder sentence. That means that even if Chauvin were to successfully appeal his murder conviction, he ...
Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to violating George Floyd's civil rights
"It’s a good day for justice."
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Is Tou Thao Kellie Chauvin's brother? Cop was fired and rehired before George Floyd murder
Unknown details about Tou Thao reveal the George Floyd murder-accused cop had trouble with his career
27 June 2021
Tou Thao was fired and rehired by police:
Coerced domestic abuse victims to not file cases:
Kellie Chauvin brother rumours:
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Unknown details about Tou Thao reveal the George Floyd murder-accused cop had trouble with his career
27 June 2021
Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the second-degree murder of George Floyd, bringing finality to a case that has gravely traumatized the Twin Cities and sparked nationwide demonstrations. Now, three other policemen who were also involved in the case await their verdict. The jury selection for Tou Thao, Thomas K Lane, and J Alexander Kueng's combined trial will begin at 9 am on March 8, 2022, according to a scheduling order filed in Hennepin County Court. The three officers were also present at Cup Foods and had helped Chauvin in making the fatal ...
Tou Thao was fired and rehired by police:
Before Floyd's death, Tou Thao worked as a Minneapolis police officer for nine years. He was cited eight times as a rookie for being dishonest or taking shortcuts by a training officer. He was the subject of six police misconduct accusations over the years, the Star Tribune reported. According to documents, he has six nonspecific police conduct complaints against him, five of which were closed without discipline, and one was still open when he was fired. Before the killing of George Floyd, Thao and another police were then accused of beating, kicking, and kneeing an unarmed Black man in handcuffs ...
Coerced domestic abuse victims to not file cases:
Thao was employed as a community service officer with the Minneapolis Police Department in 2008, as part of a program aimed at increasing personnel diversity. He was able to complete his law enforcement degree at North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park thanks to the program. His career showed signs of trouble from the start. Thao was reprimanded by his field training officer eight times in his first year for being dishonest or using shortcuts to avoid doing things like intervening in instances that demanded a police response. According to court documents, Thao attempted to coerce domestic abuse victims into ...
Kellie Chauvin brother rumours:
After Kellie Chauvin filed for divorce and the four officers were arrested for their role in George Floyd's death, rumors started making the rounds on Twitter that Kellie and Thao, who are both a part of the Hmong community, were siblings. The claim was also made on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, as well as within the Hmong community in Minneapolis. Some of the posts included images of Chauvin, Tou Thao, and Kellie Chauvin together, implying that she was responsible for Floyd's death. In an email to the Associated Press, her divorce lawyer, Amanda Mason-Sekula, stated that her client had no ...
Tou Thao, once mistaken as Kellie Chauvin's brother, was fired and rehired before Floyd murder
Unknown details about Tou Thao reveal the George Floyd murder-accused cop had trouble with his career
Judge agrees to delay state trial for 3 former Minneapolis cops in George Floyd death
12 January 2022
abc7chicago.com
12 January 2022
A judge agreed to delay a state court trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death, though he didn't immediately set a date. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill in an order Monday told attorneys to agree on a new date that is within one year, and to inform the court by Sunday. Cahill said if they cannot agree, the trial will remain set for March 7. Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao face charges of aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter. Both their attorneys and prosecutors sought to delay the start because the three ...
Judge agrees to delay state trial for 3 former Minneapolis cops in George Floyd death
Attorneys must agree on a new date that is within one year and inform the court by Sunday. If they cannot do so, the trial will remain set for March 7.
abc7chicago.com
Did These Three Officers 'Willfully' Deprive George Floyd of His Constitutional Rights?
Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao are charged with federal crimes for failing to stop Derek Chavin from killing Floyd.
25 January 2022
reason.com
Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao are charged with federal crimes for failing to stop Derek Chavin from killing Floyd.
25 January 2022
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter last April for killing George Floyd by pinning him facedown to the pavement for more than nine minutes, an incident that triggered nationwide protests. Chauvin, who was sentenced to 270 months in prison after those convictions, pleaded guilty in December to violating 18 USC 242 by depriving Floyd of his constitutional rights under color of law. The three officers who were with Chauvin during Floyd's arrest in May 2020 are now on trial in federal court, charged with violating the same statute by failing to intervene or render ...
Did These Three Officers 'Willfully' Deprive George Floyd of His Constitutional Rights?
Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao are charged with federal crimes for failing to stop Derek Chavin from killing Floyd.
reason.com
Toxicologist testifies that drugs and heart disease did not kill George Floyd
9 February 2022
www.pbs.org
9 February 2022
A toxicologist testified Wednesday at the federal trial of three former officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights that it wasn’t drug use, heart disease nor an agitated state known as “excited delirium” that caused Floyd’s death after officers pinned him to the pavement in May 2020. Dr. Vik Bebarta, an emergency physician and toxicologist and professor at the University of Colorado in suburban Denver, bolstered the prosecution’s contention that Floyd died because of how Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee down on the Black man’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as he pleaded “I can’t breathe.” He also ...
Toxicologist testifies that drugs and heart disease did not kill George Floyd
A toxicologist has testified that it wasn't drug use, heart disease, nor an agitated state known as "excited delirium" that caused George Floyd's death after he was pinned to the pavement by Minneapolis police.
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Officers charged in George Floyd’s killing omitted key details from the scene, Minneapolis officer testifies
Lt. Richard Zimmerman said J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas K. Lane told a ‘totally different’ story at the scene and omitted that Floyd had lost a pulse and was no longer breathing
10 January 2022
Lt. Richard Zimmerman said J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas K. Lane told a ‘totally different’ story at the scene and omitted that Floyd had lost a pulse and was no longer breathing
10 January 2022
Two of the former Minneapolis police officers on trial over charges that they violated George Floyd’s civil rights omitted key details of the fatal arrest, including that Floyd had lost a pulse and was no longer breathing, according to video footage shown in court Thursday. The footage, shown publicly for the first time, came from a body camera worn by former officer Thomas K. Lane. The clip, presented in court by prosecutors, showed Lane and J. Alexander Kueng explaining what had happened to Lt. Richard Zimmerman, the longtime head of the department’s homicide division who had been dispatched to the ...
New body camera video: Officers didn't tell second supervisor about restraint of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are on trial in federal court.
11 February 2022
www.startribune.com
Former Minneapolis officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are on trial in federal court.
11 February 2022
For the second consecutive day, a federal jury saw new video Friday of two former Minneapolis police officers telling a supervisor about their arrest of George Floyd without mentioning that he went unconscious under the weight of Derek Chauvin's knee on his neck. Prosecutors played former officer Thomas Lane's body camera when he, Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao spoke outside Cup Foods with Sgt. David Pleoger, who asked them what happened with Floyd. Under questioning by Assistant U.S. Attorney LeeAnn Bell, FBI special agent Matthew Vogel said Thao and Chauvin didn't say anything to Pleoger. Bell asked if ...
New body camera video: Officers didn't tell second supervisor about restraint of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are on trial in federal court.
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The Cops Who Watched George Floyd Die Are Testifying. Their Case Could Set an Important Precedent.
Police have a duty to intervene when their colleagues go astray. One expert explains how this trial and other reforms might actually get them to do so.
18 February 2022
www.motherjones.com
Police have a duty to intervene when their colleagues go astray. One expert explains how this trial and other reforms might actually get them to do so.
18 February 2022
The three former Minneapolis police officers who were at the scene when Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd began testifying this week in a federal criminal trial, where they stand accused of violating Floyd’s civil rights. While Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck, J. Alexander Kueng, a rookie cop, knelt on Floyd’s back. Another rookie, Thomas Lane, held his legs down. And a third officer, Tou Thao, kept bystanders back. None of them stepped in to stop the killing. Now, two of the former officers are charged with failing to intervene against Chauvin’s unnecessary violence, and all three are charged with failing ...
The cops who watched George Floyd die are testifying. Their case could set an important precedent.
Police have a duty to intervene when their colleagues go astray. One expert explains how this trial and other reforms might actually get them to do so.
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Derek Chauvin’s Colleagues Found Guilty of Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights
Minneapolis officers failed to intervene or provide medical care as their supervisor murdered a man.
24 February 2022
www.motherjones.com
Minneapolis officers failed to intervene or provide medical care as their supervisor murdered a man.
24 February 2022
Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted on Thursday of federal charges that they violated George Floyd’s civil rights when they did not stop their colleague Derek Chauvin from murdering him. While Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for almost nine and a half minutes, J. Alexander Kueng, a rookie cop, knelt on Floyd’s back. Another rookie, Thomas Lane, held Floyd’s legs down. A third officer, Tou Thao, kept bystanders back as they expressed concern that Floyd could not breathe. During the roughly four-week trial, prosecutors accused two of the former officers, Kueng and Thao, of violating Floyd’s civil ...
Derek Chauvin's colleagues found guilty of violating George Floyd's civil rights
Minneapolis officers failed to intervene or provide medical care as their supervisor murdered a man.
www.motherjones.com
The Convictions of 3 Cops Who Failed To Prevent George Floyd's Death Underline the Duty To Intervene
The defendants unsuccessfully argued that their training was inadequate and that they understandably deferred to a senior officer.
25 February 2022
reason.com
The defendants unsuccessfully argued that their training was inadequate and that they understandably deferred to a senior officer.
25 February 2022
Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted in federal court yesterday of failing to intervene or render medical aid as their colleague, Derek Chauvin, killed George Floyd by pinning him face-down to the pavement for nine and a half minutes on May 25, 2020. After deliberating for about 13 hours, the jury concluded that Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao had violated 18 USC 242 by depriving Floyd of his constitutional rights under color of law. Because the jury also concluded that Floyd's prolonged prone restraint caused his death, the three defendants could face lengthy prison sentences. Chauvin, ...
The Convictions of 3 Cops Who Failed To Prevent George Floyd's Death Underline the Duty To Intervene
The defendants unsuccessfully argued that their training was inadequate and that they understandably deferred to a senior officer.
reason.com
Derek Chauvin’s Colleagues Found Guilty of Violating George Floyd’s Civil Rights
Minneapolis officers failed to intervene or provide medical care as their supervisor murdered a man.
24 February 2022
www.motherjones.com
Minneapolis officers failed to intervene or provide medical care as their supervisor murdered a man.
24 February 2022
Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted on Thursday of federal charges that they violated George Floyd’s civil rights when they did not stop their colleague Derek Chauvin from murdering him. While Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for almost nine and a half minutes, J. Alexander Kueng, a rookie cop, knelt on Floyd’s back. Another rookie, Thomas Lane, held Floyd’s legs down. A third officer, Tou Thao, kept bystanders back as they expressed concern that Floyd could not breathe. During the roughly four-week trial, prosecutors accused two of the former officers, Kueng and Thao, of violating Floyd’s civil ...
Derek Chauvin's colleagues found guilty of violating George Floyd's civil rights
Minneapolis officers failed to intervene or provide medical care as their supervisor murdered a man.
www.motherjones.com
Minneapolis Cops Who Watched Officer Derek Chauvin Kill George Floyd Convicted On Federal Charges
3 March 2022
www.techdirt.com
3 March 2022
It’s not often you see a cop face criminal charges for injuring or killing someone they’re attempting to arrest. It’s even rarer still to see a cop convicted. Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is a unicorn. He knelt on George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, choking the life out of the unarmed black man, who was suspected of nothing else than passing a bogus $20 bill at a local store. He did this for three minutes after another police officer told Chauvin he couldn’t detect a pulse. Chauvin’s violence provoked protests around the nation targeting routine police violence that ...
Minneapolis Cops Who Watched Officer Derek Chauvin Kill George Floyd Convicted On Federal Charges
It’s not often you see a cop face criminal charges for injuring or killing someone they’re attempting to arrest. It’s even rarer still to see a cop convicted. Minneapolis police o…
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Following The Murder Of George Floyd, The Minneapolis PD Built A Large-Scale Surveillance Program
11 March 2022
www.techdirt.com
11 March 2022
There’s no business like cop business. When business is bad — like it can be following a high-profile murder by one of your officers — cops double down. They complain there’s too much scrutiny. They attack and punish people for engaging in First Amendment-protected activities. They engage in the very violence being protested against. And while it’s somewhat amusing to watch The Man complaining the oppressed are actually the oppressors, the reality isn’t nearly as comical. Using outlier activity as justification for increased surveillance, the Minneapolis PD decided the trial of George Floyd’s murderer — Officer Derek Chauvin — was ...
Following The Murder Of George Floyd, The Minneapolis PD Built A Large-Scale Surveillance Program
There’s no business like cop business. When business is bad — like it can be following a high-profile murder by one of your officers — cops double down. They complain there’…
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‘Vast, vast void’ in leadership: Audit rips Minneapolis police response to 2020 George Floyd protests
Police didn’t know how many riot weapons fired at protesters
10 March 2022
www.independent.co.uk
Police didn’t know how many riot weapons fired at protesters
10 March 2022
It has been almost two years since Minneapolis police officers brutally killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck in May 2020, and the city is still grappling with the impact of the murder and the resulting protests and riots, which inspired a worldwide social justice movement. City leadership failed dramatically during the 2020 uprising and officers were left at their discretion to abuse protesters with little accountability, a city-commissioned report released on Tuesday has found. The leaders of the $230,000 study, conducted by veteran law enforcement officers working with the risk consultancy Hillard Heintze, put it simply. Everyone, from ...
‘Rudderless’: Audit rips Minneapolis police response to 2020 George Floyd protests
Police didn’t know how many riot weapons fired at protesters
www.independent.co.uk
Even at His Sentencing Hearing, Derek Chauvin Did Not Manage To Express Remorse for Killing George Floyd
8 July 2022
reason.com
8 July 2022
Derek Chauvin, who received a 21-year federal sentence yesterday for lethally violating George Floyd's constitutional rights, still seems to think he did nothing wrong by kneeling on his victim's neck until he was dead. Judging from Chauvin's conspicuous failure to express remorse prior to his sentencing, he is sticking with the story he told at his state trial last year. Prior to that trial, Chauvin's lawyer, Eric Nelson, blamed Floyd's death on an inept arrest by two rookie police officers, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, who were responding to a complaint that Floyd had used a counterfeit $20 bill ...
Even at His Sentencing Hearing, Derek Chauvin Did Not Manage To Express Remorse for Killing George Floyd
Despite the stakes, the former Minneapolis police officer could not bring himself even to feign regret for his actions.
reason.com
Ex-cop Thomas Lane gets 2 1/2 years on federal c2harge in killing of George Floyd
21 July 2022
21 July 2022
A federal judge sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday for violating George Floyd's civil rights, calling Lane's role in the restraint that killed Floyd "a very serious offense in which a life was lost" but handing down a sentence well below what prosecutors and Floyd's family sought. Judge Paul Magnuson's sentence was just slightly more than the 27 months that Lane's attorney had requested, while prosecutors had asked for at least 5 1/4 years in prison — the low end of federal guidelines. Lane was convicted earlier this year of depriving Floyd ...
The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged to Fix the Police
Alex Kueng is one of four former officers accused of crimes in the killing of Mr. Floyd, which happened on his third shift. His decision to join the force had frayed friendships.
27 June 2022
www.nytimes.com
Alex Kueng is one of four former officers accused of crimes in the killing of Mr. Floyd, which happened on his third shift. His decision to join the force had frayed friendships.
27 June 2022
There were two black men at the scene of the police killing in Minneapolis last month that roiled the nation. One, George Floyd, was sprawled on the asphalt, with a white officer’s knee on his neck. The other black man, Alex Kueng, was a rookie police officer who held his back as Mr. Floyd struggled to breathe. Mr. Floyd, whose name has been painted on murals and scrawled on protest signs, has been laid to rest. Mr. Kueng, who faces charges of aiding and abetting in Mr. Floyd’s death, is out on bail, hounded at the supermarket by strangers and ...
The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged to Fix the Police (Published 2020)
Alex Kueng is one of four former officers accused of crimes in the killing of Mr. Floyd, which happened on his third shift. His decision to join the force had frayed friendships.