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December 16, 2021

Derek Chauvin Changes Plea to "Guilty" in George Floyd Federal Civil Rights Case
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In Minneapolis, former police officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty
Wednesday to a federal charge of violating George Floyd's civil rights.
Chauvin had previously pleaded not guilty but changed his plea after he
was found guilty of Floyd's murder in a closely watched trial last
spring. As part of his plea deal, Chauvin also pleaded guilty to
violating the civil rights of a Black 14-year-old during a 2017 arrest.
Chauvin grabbed the teen by the throat, hit him repeatedly in the head
with a flashlight and pressed his knee into the boy's neck while he was
prone, handcuffed and not resisting.


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