#Chauvin verdict not guilty trial#
#Chauvin verdict not guilty free#

Chauvin also acknowledged that his conduct resulted in death and that he acted in callous and wanton disregard of the consequences to Mr. Floyd of his constitutional rights while Chauvin was serving as an MPD officer. Chauvin pleaded guilty to willfully depriving Mr. George Floyd should be alive today.”Ĭo-defendant Derek Chauvin previously entered a guilty plea in connection with the federal case. “The Justice Department will continue to seek accountability for law enforcement officers whose actions, or failure to act, violate their constitutional duty to protect the civil rights of our citizens. Floyd in time to prevent his death,” said Attorney General Merrick B. “Today’s verdict recognizes that two police officers violated the Constitution by failing to intervene to stop another officer from killing George Floyd, and three officers violated the Constitution by failing to provide aid to Mr. The federal charges addressed civil rights offenses that criminalize violations of the U.S. The convictions announced today are separate from and in addition to any and all charges the State of Minnesota has brought against these former officers related to the death of Mr. Both offenses are violations of Title 18, U.S.

#Chauvin verdict not guilty free#

Floyd of his constitutional right to be free from a police officer’s deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs when they saw him restrained in police custody in clear need of medical care and willfully failed to aid him, resulting in bodily injury to and the death of Mr. Thao, Kueng and former MPD Officer Thomas Lane also were found to have deprived Mr. Floyd of his constitutional right to be free from an officer’s unreasonable force when each willfully failed to intervene to stop former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin’s use of unreasonable force, resulting in bodily injury to and the death of Mr. Alexander Kueng were found to have deprived Mr. on May 25, 2020.įormer MPD Officers Tou Thao and J. Paul, Minnesota, found three former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers guilty of federal civil rights offenses arising out of the death of George Perry Floyd Jr.

#Chauvin verdict not guilty trial#

Following a trial that lasted nearly five weeks, a federal jury in St.