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Flap. The Twin Cities might end up with at least two more trials over the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers. The Star Tribune’s Andy Mannix reported yesterday that the Department of Justice plans to ask a grand jury to indict all four officers involved on federal civil-rights violations, including the just-convicted Derek Chauvin:
Now, with Chauvin’s state trial out of the way, federal prosecutors are moving forward with their case. They plan to ask a grand jury to indict Chauvin and the other three ex-officers involved in George Floyd’s killing J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao on charges of civil rights violations, a source said.
Feds plan to indict Chauvin, 3 other officers Ex-cop would face federal charges in two cases; three others just in Floyd case. April 28, 2021 7:42pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Leading up to Derek Chauvin s murder trial, Justice Department officials had spent months gathering evidence to indict the ex-Minneapolis police officer on federal police brutality charges, but they feared the publicity frenzy could disrupt the state s case.
So they came up with a contingency plan: If Chauvin were found not guilty on all counts or the case ended in a mistrial, they would arrest him at the courthouse, according to sources familiar with the planning discussions.
Former police officer Brandon Tatum reacts to the conclusion of the George Floyd murder trial.
The U.S. government is planning to bring federal civil rights charges against former Minneapolispolice officers Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, according to a Minneapolis Star Tribune report.
A week after Chauvin was found guilty of the murder and manslaughter of George Floyd, the Star Tribune reported that the Justice Department had been gathering evidence for months and had developed a contingency plan to arrest Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis if there was a mistrial or if the jury failed to convict him on all three counts.