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The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said former police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks years before he used the same move to kill George Floyd.
John Pope Jr. will receive $7.5 million and Zoya Code will receive $1.375 million. They both said the former officer pressed his knee into their necks years before he did it to kill Floyd
The incidents occurred 3 years before George Floyd's death.
A teenager and a woman who were pinned by police officer Derek Chauvin reached a $7.5 million and $1.375 million with the Minneapolis City Council on Thursday.
The city of Minneapolis will pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said former poli...