Judge Peter Cahill found that Derek Chauvin abused his authority as a police officer when he restrained Floyd last year and that he treated Floyd with particular cruelty.
A federal grand jury's three-count indictment unsealed Friday accused Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao of willfully violating Geroge Floyd's constitutional rights.
A juror who helped convict a former Minneapolis police officer in the murder of George Floyd had participated in a march in Washington, D.C., months before the trial.
Defense attorney Eric Nelson took issue with Judge Cahill’s refusal to sequester the jury for the trial or admonish them to avoid all media, and with his refusal to allow a man who was with George Floyd at the time of his arrest to testify.
An alternate juror said she agrees with the jury's guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, saying that the former cop ignored warnings that George Floyd was in danger.
The new investigation is known as a “pattern or practice” — examining whether there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing — and will be a more sweeping review of the entire police department.
George Floyd’s brother Philonise shared his family's relief after the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, but noted much more remains to be done in the battle to end police brutality.
“George Floyd we did it!! justice has been served,” Darnella Frazier wrote on social media after a jury found former police officer, Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder.
The former Minneapolis police officer, who was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, could be sent to prison for decades.
