Derek Chauvin

Derek Michael Chauvin born 1976 is an American former police officer who was convicted for the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis Minnesota On May 25 2020 Floyd was arrested after a store clerk alleged that he made a purchase using a counterfeit 20 bill In the course of the arrest Chauvin knelt on Floyds neck for about nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on the street and calling out I cant breathe The murder set off a series of protests in Minneapolis across the United States and around the world in support of the Black Lives Matter movement In early 2021 Chauvin was put on trial for unintentional seconddegree murder thirddegree murder and seconddegree manslaughter and convicted on all of the charges He was sentenced to 2212 years in prison Appeals to the Minnesota Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States for review were denied Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Chauvin licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia