Derek Michael Chauvin is an American former police officer known for his involvement in the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for several minutes while Floyd was handcuffed, lying face down on the street calling out “I can’t breathe” The next day, Chauvin was fired by the Minneapolis Police Department. He was released on bail on October 7, 2020, and his trial is pending.
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Derek Michael Chauvin is an American former police officer known for his involvement in the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. During an arrest made by Chauvin and three other officers, he knelt on Floyd’s neck for several minutes while Floyd was handcuffed, lying face down on the street calling out “I can’t breathe” The next day, Chauvin was fired by the Minneapolis Police Department. The incident set off a series of protests around the world. He was released on bail on October 7, 2020, and his trial is pending. Chauvin had 18 complaints on his official record, two of which ended in discipline, including official letters of reprimand. He had been involved in three police shootings, one of which was fatal. He received a medal for valor in 2006 for being one of several officers who fired on a suspect who pointed a shotgun at them, and another in 2008 for a domestic-violence incident in which he broke down a door and shot a suspects who reached for his pistol.
He served in the United States Army Reserve from 1996 to 2004, including two stints in the military police between 1996 and 2000. He also attended Inver Hills Community College from 1995 to 1999 and later transferred to Metropolitan State University where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law enforcement in 2006. On May 31, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison took over the case, alleging that Chauvin killed Floyd in the course of committing the third degree assault in the case. On June 3, Ellison amended the charges against Chauvin to include second-degree murder under the felony murder doctrine.
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