On November 12, 2020, Judge Cahill initially ruled that Chauvin and the other three officers would be tried together. On the same day, prosecutors moved to increase potential sentences for the four officers beyond the guidelines for all four accused, arguing that Floyd was vulnerable while being held down on the ground in handcuffs and was treated cruelly. On August 29, 2020, Chauvin's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the case, claiming that Floyd most likely died as a result of drug use and preexisting medical conditions. Court documentation provided that his release was supervised and would be forfeited if he declined to appear before a magistrate, refused to appear in court on scheduled dates, left the state of Minnesota without court approval, or had contact with Floyd's family. Chauvin was released on conditional bail on Octoafter posting a bond of $1 million. On June 3, charges were amended to include second-degree murder, specifically unintentional second-degree murder while attempting to commit felony assault. May 29, 2020, initial criminal complaint against ChauvinĬhauvin was arrested on May 29, 2020, and initially charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, making him the first white police officer in Minnesota to be charged with murdering a black civilian. At the time of his murder, Floyd also had recovered from COVID-19 and suffered from heart disease, and had fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system. Two autopsies found Floyd's death to be a homicide. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz publicly thanked Frazier saying, "Taking that video, I think many folks know, is maybe the only reason that Derek Chauvin will go to prison". The misleading report reads, a "medical incident during police interaction." Many believe Chauvin would never have been convicted if the mobile phone video taken byĭarnella Frazier had not surfaced. Ī reading of the initial police report shows no mention of Floyd's treatment when he was arrested.
During the final two minutes, Floyd was motionless and had no pulse. For part of the time, two other officers knelt on Floyd's back. While Floyd was handcuffed and lying facedown on the street, Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds. He also served as the field training officer for one of the other officers involved.
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The trial received extensive media coverage, with over 23 million people watching the verdict being announced on live television.ĭerek Chauvin was one of four officers of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) involved in the arrest of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill at a market.
It was the first criminal trial in Minnesota to be entirely televised and the first in state court to be broadcast live.
The trial was held at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, and it ran from March 8, 2021, through April 20. On June 25, 2021, Chauvin was sentenced by the trial judge to 22 + 1⁄ 2 years in prison for second-degree murder, 10 years more than the sentencing guidelines of 12 + 1⁄ 2 years. It was the first conviction of a white officer in Minnesota for the murder of a black person. Chauvin was found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter the first charge could have carried a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison. Derek Michael Chauvin is an American criminal case in the District Court of Minnesota in which former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was tried and convicted of the murder of George Floyd during an arrest on May 25, 2020.
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