Chauvin to be arraigned for alleged civil rights violation

MINNEAPOLIS – A erstwhile Minneapolis constabulary serviceman convicted of execution successful the death of George Floy d is scheduled to beryllium arraigned Thursday for allegedly violating the civilian rights of a teen successful a abstracted lawsuit that progressive a restraint akin to the 1 utilized connected Floyd.

Derek Chauvin was convicted earlier this twelvemonth connected authorities charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree execution and second-degree manslaughter successful Floyd's 2020 death. He was sentenced to 22 1/2 years. He's besides charged successful national tribunal with violating Floyd's civilian rights erstwhile helium knelt connected the Black man's cervix for astir 9 1/2 minutes arsenic Floyd was face-down connected the pavement, not resisting and pleading for air.

But another indictment against Chauvin alleges helium carried retired a akin enactment against a then-14-year-old lad successful 2017. This indictment alleges Chauvin deprived the teenager, who is Black, of his close to beryllium escaped of unreasonable unit erstwhile helium held the teen by the throat, deed him successful the caput with a flashlight and held his genu connected the boy’s cervix and precocious backmost portion helium was prone, handcuffed and not resisting.

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According to a constabulary study from that 2017 encounter, Chauvin wrote that the teen resisted apprehension and aft the teen, whom helium described arsenic 6-foot-2 and astir 240 pounds, was handcuffed, Chauvin “used assemblage value to pin” him to the floor. The lad was bleeding from the receptor and needed 2 stitches.

That brushwood was 1 of respective mentioned successful authorities tribunal filings that prosecutors said showed Chauvin had utilized cervix oregon caput and precocious assemblage restraints 7 times anterior to Floyd's decease dating backmost to 2014, including 4 times authorities prosecutors said helium went excessively acold and held the restraints “beyond the constituent erstwhile specified unit was needed nether the circumstances.”

At national arraignment hearings, defendants tin person the charges work to them, and not blameworthy pleas are typically entered. Thursday’s proceeding volition beryllium held remotely via videoconference.

Chauvin and 3 different erstwhile officers — Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao — were arraigned connected civilian rights violations successful Floyd's decease connected Tuesday. All 4 pleaded not blameworthy to those charges. The indictment successful the 2017 lawsuit was filed the aforesaid time arsenic the 1 for Floyd's death.

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According to the indictment successful Floyd's death, the officers allegedly deprived Floyd of his rights portion acting nether authorities authority. The national indictment alleges Chauvin violated Floyd’s close to beryllium escaped from unreasonable seizure and from unreasonable unit by a constabulary officer. Thao and Kueng are charged with violating Floyd’s close to beryllium escaped from unreasonable seizure by not intervening to halt Chauvin arsenic helium knelt connected Floyd’s neck. All 4 officers are charged with depriving Floyd of his rights erstwhile they failed to supply aesculapian care.

Floyd repeatedly said helium couldn’t respire arsenic Chauvin pinned him to the ground. Kueng and Lane helped restrain Floyd; Kueng knelt connected Floyd’s back, and Lane held Floyd’s legs, according to grounds successful authorities court. Thao held backmost bystanders and kept them from intervening.

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