Chauvin Now Faces Federal Charges in Death of George Floyd
- Ex-officer, three others indicted for violating Floyd’s rights
- Indictment follows Minneapolis state trial that riveted nation
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Derek Chauvin and the three other former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd last May were indicted by a federal grand jury for violating Floyd’s constitutional rights during an arrest that sparked nationwide protests over police violence against Black people.
The indictment, unsealed Friday, comes less than three weeks after Chauvin, 45, was found guilty on separate state charges of murder and manslaughter for holding his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes as Floyd, 46, repeatedly said he couldn’t breath and begged for his life.