'Minneapolis has now paid more than $35 million because of Derek Chauvin’s excessive force'
Ryan Raiche and Ricky Campbell KSTP
Updated: April 14, 2023 - 8:31 AM
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'Newly released videos show former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the necks of two handcuffed suspects years before he did the same to George Floyd.
The edited videos were made public Thursday after the Minneapolis City Council voted to settle two civil rights lawsuits for nearly $9 million.
John Pope will be paid $7.5 million. The city settled with Zoya Code for nearly $1.4 million.
They accused Chauvin of excessive force during separate incidents in 2017.
Their attorney, Bob Bennett, released edited body camera footage shortly after the settlements were approved.
New video shows Derek Chauvin kneeling on a teenager’s neck in 2017, three years before he murdered George Floyd.
The video shows Chauvin hit Pope twice in the head with a flashlight, choked him until he lost consciousness and then knelt on the back of his neck for 15 minutes. Pope was 14 years old at the time.