Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers were indicted by a federal grand jury Friday on charges that they violated George Floyd’s civil rights.
A three-count indictment named Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Keung and Tou Thao. All four were charged with failure to provide Floyd, 46, with medical care as Chauvin pinned him to the ground for more than 9 minutes as a handcuffed Floyd repeatedly said he could not breathe.
Chauvin, Thao and Keung were also charged with violating Floyd’s right to be free from unreasonable seizure and excessive force, according to the indictments.
Chauvin, 45, who was convicted last month of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, was also named in a second indictment for allegedly holding a 14-year-old boy by the throat and hitting him multiple times with a flashlight without legal justification during a 2017 arrest.
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