Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has pleaded guilty to federal charges which said that he violated George Floyd’s civil rights.
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The plea allows the former Minneapolis police officer to avoid another high-profile trial after he was convicted this year by a state jury of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death.
Derek Chauvin, clad in an orange prison jumpsuit, entered the new plea during a hearing in St. Paul, Minnesota, three months after first pleading not guilty to depriving Floyd, who was Black, of his rights when Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 1/2 minutes while detaining him in May 2020.
Federal prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson that Derek Chauvin agreed to plead guilty to using excessive force on Floyd.
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Derek Chauvin also admitted guilt in a separate federal indictment in connection with him allegedly depriving a 14-year-old boy of his civil rights during an encounter in September 2017 though he also initially pleaded not guilty in that case in September.
Federal prosecutors during Derek Chauvin’s hearing on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 asked that he be sentenced to 20 to 25 years in federal prison, with five years of supervised probation and agreeing to never work again as a police officer.
Judge Paul Magnuson is expected to sentence Derek Chauvin at a later hearing.
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