GUILTY MN - George Floyd, 46, killed in police custody, Minneapolis, 25 May 2020 #21

[Izzylizzy]

This is Chauvin's guilty plea to the federal charges.
It's not only for denying GF his civil rights it also includes his guilty plea for denying a 14 yr old boy his civil rights.

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"Additionally, according to the plea agreement, defendant Chauvin admitted that on Sept. 4, 2017, he willfully violated a then 14-year-old juvenile’s constitutional right to be free from an officer’s use of unreasonable force. Specifically, defendant Chauvin admitted that he held the juvenile by the throat and struck the juvenile multiple times in the head with a flashlight, resulting in the juvenile’s bodily injury. In the plea agreement, defendant Chauvin also admitted that he held his knee on the juvenile’s neck, shoulders and upper back for between 15 and 16 minutes, even though the juvenile was face-down on the floor, handcuffed and not resisting. Defendant Chauvin admitted that these actions resulted in the juvenile’s bodily injury."

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Depriving George Floyd and a Minor Victim of Their Constitutional Rights

The Justice Department announced today that Derek Chauvin, 45, pleaded guilty in federal court to two violations of a federal civil rights statute.

www.justice.gov

 

[crussell821]

dident he threaten a pregnant woman with a gun

George Floyd - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

And?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

George Floyd: Some Thoughts, Some Hope

[Editor's Note: The following article is part of BlackOut: A Five-Year Retrospective on Portland’s Racial Justice Movement, a joint publication from Donovan Scribes and the Portland Mercury. Written exclusively by Black Portlanders, the purpose of BlackOut is to remember and reflect on the May...

www.portlandmercury.com

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1924941556563214372

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Jerome Richardson, a youth activist, says as time has passed, the emotions associated with George Floyd Square have evolved, specifically to include joy and celebration.

“We’ve been such in a state of grief, and grief takes time, but one of the things that makes Black people most resilient is when we turn our pain into power,” Richardson said.

The resilience of George Floyd Square businesses, residents 5 years after murder

WCCO By David Schuman Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Sunday will mark five years since a police officer murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis. Kya Brown cuts hair at Ralph’s VIP Barber Lounge, a few storefronts down from where it happened. She wasn’t sure...

abc17news.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

"Everybody knew about it and everyone felt overwhelmed by it," the poet said five years after the murder that inspired A Knee on the Neck. "One of the things that I thought was this is an opportune time to take advantage of this particular moment in our history, to say something that is meaningful to everybody in the country who want to listen to this."

The requiem cantata, which was composed by Adolphus Hailstork, had its world premiere in 2022 at the National Philharmonic, with the National Philharmonic Chorale and members of The Washington Chorus just outside Washington, D.C

George Floyd musical tribute poet warns of 'worse' racial tensions five years after the murder

Adolphus Hailstork's 2022 requiem cantata "A Knee on the Neck" pays tribute to George Floyd. NPR speaks with librettist Herbert Martin, who initiated the work, five years after police killed Floyd in Minneapolis.

www.northcountrypublicradio.org

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1926432314977907187

 

[airportwoman]

Yes, he was a career criminal. No, he didn't deserve to die the way he did.

 

[Tippy Lynn]

The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd is seeking a new state trial, alleging, among other things, that misconduct by prosecutors and the false testimony of expert witnesses deprived him of a fair trial.

Derek Chauvin files for new trial, alleging prosecutorial misconduct and false testimony

A court filing claims it's time for a judge to review Chauvin's state convictions based on the facts, and not the heightened emotion following George Floyd's death.

www.kare11.com

 

[mrC]

l dont think hes guilty of murder but i cant feel much sympathy its his own fault he is where is if he does get off he should never be allowed to be a cop agian

 

[mickey2942]

The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd is seeking a new state trial, alleging, among other things, that misconduct by prosecutors and the false testimony of expert witnesses deprived him of a fair trial.

Derek Chauvin files for new trial, alleging prosecutorial misconduct and false testimony

A court filing claims it's time for a judge to review Chauvin's state convictions based on the facts, and not the heightened emotion following George Floyd's death.

www.kare11.com

I do agree, that a change of location would have been more appropriate.

 

[mrC]

i still cant fathem why floyd dident drive off its almost like he wanted to be arested

 

[Niner]

The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd is seeking a new state trial, alleging, among other things, that misconduct by prosecutors and the false testimony of expert witnesses deprived him of a fair trial.

Derek Chauvin files for new trial, alleging prosecutorial misconduct and false testimony

A court filing claims it's time for a judge to review Chauvin's state convictions based on the facts, and not the heightened emotion following George Floyd's death.

www.kare11.com

article is from 2021 -

That article is from 2021 - here is what I have in my notes about his appeal for new State trial plus his Federal case appeal - all rejected/denied.

7/19/23 Update: Chauvin will take the appeal of his state murder conviction to the Superior Court after Minnesota’s top court denied the request to hear his petition. “We will petition the United States Supreme Court via a Writ of Certiorari & ask them to review the lower court’s decision on behalf of Mr. Chauvin,” attorney Gregory M. Erickson said in a statement Wednesday.
11/13/23 Update: Chauvin is making another attempt to overturn his federal civil rights conviction in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, saying new evidence shows that he didn’t cause Floyd’s death. In a motion filed in federal court Monday, Chauvin said he never would have pleaded guilty to the charge in 2021 if he had known about the theories of a Kansas pathologist with whom he began corresponding in February. Chauvin is asking the judge who presided over his trial to throw out his conviction & order a new trial, or at least an evidentiary hearing. Chauvin, who is serving a 21-year sentence at a federal prison in Arizona, filed the request without a lawyer. He says Dr. William Schaetzel, of Topeka, Kansas, told him that he believes Floyd died not from asphyxia from Chauvin’s actions, but from complications of a rare tumor called a paraganglioma that can cause a fatal surge of adrenaline. The pathologist did not examine Floyd’s body but reviewed autopsy reports. A federal appeals court has rejected Chauvin’s requests for a rehearing twice. He’s still waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether it will hear his appeal of his state court murder conviction.
11/20/23 Update: The Supreme Court has rejected Chauvin’s appeal of his conviction for second-degree murder in the killing of Floyd. Chauvin is separately appealing his conviction on federal civil rights charges.