FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, address Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin, convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, for allegedly violating the civil rights of a teenager in a separate case that involved a restraint similar to the one used on Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool File)
Eric Nelson, Derek Chauvin
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Already serving a 22 1/2 year sentence in the highly publicized death of George Floyd, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin faces arraignment today for allegedly violating a teenager’s civil rights in a separate case that involved a restraint similar to the one used on Floyd.
A video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes sparked outrage and worldwide protests. Floyd, a 45-year-old Black man died May 25th, 2020.
Chauvin was convicted this year on state charges of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s
