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DEREK CHAUVIN

Two people alleged Chauvin knelt on their necks in separate incidents in 2017
Former Minneapolis police officer is incarcerated at a medium security federal prison in Tucson, Arizona.
The federal sentence is being served concurrently with his 22½-year state term for Floyd's murder. He will also serve five years of supervised release when he leaves custody in roughly 17 years.
As part of his federal plea agreement, Chauvin will serve his state and federal sentences at the same time in federal prison.

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In a motion filed with Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill, lawyer Eric Nelson said Chauvin's actions in pinning Floyd to the pavement during an arrest was "best described as an error made in good faith" based on his training.
The city stops to observe the one-year anniversary of Floyd's killing while in police custody.
Former officers Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Chauvin — the white former officer convicted in Minnesota state court of murdering Floyd, a Black man, in 2020 — is scheduled to be sentenced on multiple murder and manslaughter convictions on June 25.
"With the verdict, there's a glimmer of hope." Paris Stevens was in a Minneapolis hotel ballroom with other relatives the day the verdict was read. An immense burden was lifted, Stevens said. It had been such a long journey.
The three-count indictment names Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane as defendants and charges them with depriving Floyd of his constitutional right not to be deprived of liberty without due process under the law, which includes his right to not have his medical needs ignored.
Though it’s not referenced directly in the motion, one possible avenue for alleging juror misconduct could be reports that have surfaced recently about a juror who attended a rally in Washington, D.C., last summer.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday, May 4, asked a Minneapolis judge for a new trial two weeks after he was found guilty in the killing of George Floyd.
In recent days, a photo of Brandon Mitchell that was originally posted on social media around the Aug. 28 event commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech began circulating online and on multiple news sites. Many online questioned his motive and its potential to fuel a possible appeal in Derek Chauvin's case.
The three men are each charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter.
Brandon Mitchell, juror No. 52, said on “CBS This Morning” that the pressure and stress came from watching video evidence each day of George Floyd's death.

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