Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of George Floyd’s murder, pleaded not guilty Thursday to the alleged violation of the civil rights of a 14-year-old teenager in 2017.
The context: The indictment claims that Chauvin grabbed the teen by the neck, hit him on the head with a flashlight, and then knelt on the neck and upper back when the teen was handcuffed and no longer resisting. The boy, like Floyd, is African American.
- The restraint was similar to the one he used on Floyd and resulted in bodily injury to the teenager, according to the indictment.
- This indictment alleges that Chauvin deprived the teenager of his right to be free from unreasonable force.
- At least 18 complaints had been filed against Chauvin during his 19-year career with the Minneapolis Police Department, according to department records.
- In the Floyd murder trial, prosecutors presented evidence of Chauvin’s record of restraining people, with one knee to the neck or upper back.
What do they say? Chauvin and his colleagues Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao are charged with violating Floyd’s constitutional rights and “causing bodily injury and death to man,” the federal grand jury indictment states.
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