Trial Of Derek Chauvin - Officer Accused Of Killing George Floyd

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Little has emerged about the 44-year-old officer
now found guilty
of second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter
or what in his career might have led up to

an arrest so chilling
in its quiet ferocity.

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Chauvin spent his early years in suburban West St. Paul
with a stay-at-home mother
and a father who earned about $1,000 a month
as a certified public accountant
barely enough for their small family.
When Derek was 7, his mother filed for divorce
asking for the family home and child support for Derek
and his baby sister.
His father soon asked for a paternity test of Derek’s baby sister
a blood test showed he was not the father.
His father ended up with the family home
and shared custody of Derek.
His mother married her lover.
And Derek attended four elementary schools in five years.

Derek did not play sports in school
— at least, not that anyone remembers.
He did not have a yearbook photo for his junior or senior years.
One classmate from Park High School in Cottage Grove
remembered him as the student in ROTC who never talked
but always held the flag.
Another classmate, Scott Swanson
said Derek flew under the radar.
“...I don’t think he was an outcast or anything like that...”
said Swanson
who said he had talked to fellow classmates in recent weeks
who also barely recalled him.

“...He was just a face in the crowd....”

Weeks after graduation, Chauvin started as a prep cook
at Tinucci’s, a Newport restaurant 10 minutes from home.
He enrolled that fall at a local technical college
to study “...quantity food preparation....”


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JUPITERASC said:

Weeks after graduation, Chauvin started as a prep cook
at Tinucci’s, a Newport restaurant 10 minutes from home.
He enrolled that fall at a local technical college
to study “...quantity food preparation....”

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But Chauvin decided he wanted a uniform.

He studied law enforcement at a community college
eventually, he would also earn
a Metropolitan State University degree in law enforcement.
After joining the military police
he was deployed to a U.S. Army base in Germany
where he studied for the Minnesota police exam in his spare time.


He did not socialize much or drink alcohol.
“...He volunteered to be a designated driver
for the guys who wanted to go into town at night
and have a few beers...”
said Jerry Obieglo, a platoon sergeant who supervised Chauvin.


Back home, in September 2000, at age 24
he applied to the Minneapolis police.
From the beginning, Chauvin stood out as gung-ho.
When he reported for training after the police academy
he showed up in a new white Crown Victoria
outfitted to resemble a police car, recalled one officer
speaking on condition of anonymity
because talking to the news media could get him fired.


Leaving work, most officers dressed casually.

But Chauvin, who stood ramrod straight
like he was still in the military, left in full uniform
his pants pulled higher than most people wore them
his boots polished.
“...In a group setting
he would never connect and stand there like a small child...”
the officer said.

He added:
“...I was put off by his lack of communication skills.

You never felt like he was present....”

Chauvin landed in the Third Precinct, one of the city’s busiest.
The biggest call of his young career
came when he was 30, in 2006: Shortly after midnight
he and five other officers pursued a car
driven by a man suspected of stabbing two friends.
The man soon pointed a sawed-off shotgun at officers
the police said. They shot the man, fatally.
Chauvin received a medal of valor.


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JUPITERASC said:

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Little has emerged about the 44-year-old officer
now found guilty
of second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter
or what in his career might have led up to

an arrest so chilling
in its quiet ferocity.

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Prosecutors Jerry Blackwell

and

Steve Schleicher
join Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss

the impact of key witnesses
like Darnella Frazier on the jury’s decision to convict Derek Chauvin
for the murder of George Floyd.
Aired on 04/28/2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzaAtYINRPI



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Derek Chauvin soon earned two letters of reprimand for his behavior
on another call — his only formal discipline
In August 2007, Melissa Borton was heading home from grocery shopping

when Chauvin and a fellow officer pulled her over.

Chauvin reached into the open window of Borton’s minivan
unlocked her door, undid her seat belt and started pulling her out
without any explanation, she recalled.

Her baby and dog were left in the vehicle.

She said the officers put her in their cruiser
and told her that they were looking for a vehicle resembling hers

that had been involved in a crime.

Eventually they told Borton, who was by then quite upset
that she could leave.

“...When I got out, they noticed that my shirt was wet
which was from being a breastfeeding mother...”
Borton recalled.
She could not tell who taunted her as she returned to her car.
“....either Chauvin
or
the other officer
rudely said,:
'...You probably have postpartum depression, and you need help....’”


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Chauvin’s Violent Track Record As A Police Officer
Long Preceded Killing George Floyd

While Derek Chauvin will face the consequences for the killing of George Floyd
this was not the first time Chauvin used excessive force
during his career as a police officer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZrKRXE8Htw




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Until he was 27
Chauvin’s home address was his grandmother’s suburban house
in Inver Grove Heights.
But about the time he pulled over Borton
Chauvin was becoming serious with his girlfriend, Kellie Xiong.
Xiong was a survivor.
Her father had been a Hmong soldier fighting Communists in Laos

before the family fled in the late 1970s
. After more than a year in a Thai refugee camp
the family moved to Wisconsin
sponsored by a church in Eau Claire.

Xiong married another Hmong refugee in 1991
in what she later told the Pioneer Press was an arranged marriage. She was 16.

By 19, she had given birth to two sons.
She later left her husband, whom she described as abusive
and moved to the Minneapolis area
to work as a radiology technician at Hennepin County Medical Center.
There, she met Chauvin
who had brought someone in for a health check before an arrest
she told the Pioneer Press.
He soon asked her out.

By 2008, they were planning their lives.
Two weeks after Xiong filed for divorce from her first husband
Chauvin bought a new house in a new subdivision for $441,000.
It was fit for a family, with four bedrooms, four bathrooms
and a three-car garage.
The couple married in June 2010.
From the beginning, they spread their money thin.
Not only did Chauvin hold on to a townhouse
he had bought in 2003
but the couple also bought a vacation home
near Disney World in Florida in 2011.

Chauvin soon fell behind on fees for his townhouse.

On a delinquency notice for $280 in 2013
Chauvin responded that he had paid everything and added
“...So no payment is actually owed!...”
He faxed the response at 3:17 a.m.
after finishing his shift in the Third Precinct.
By July 2014, the small debt
had snowballed into a judgment of almost $8,000
because Chauvin never came to court.



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Meanwhile, the Chauvins downsized.

They sold their large house for almost $60,000 less
than its purchase price. They bought a home a few blocks away
almost half the size.
In 2015, they appeared to toy with moving to Florida.

They sold the home they had just bought.

Kellie Chauvin got her radiology technology license in Florida.

Derek Chauvin registered to vote there.


But they stayed in Minnesota, living in Oakdale
where Kellie Chauvin got her real estate license in 2016.

In her spare time, Kellie Chauvin continued with one passion
— rescuing dogs, often caring for four at once
— and found another, in beauty pageants.
Before one pageant
she described her husband Derek Chauvin
as a “...softy....” who always opened doors for her.
But there were some awkward moments at the Mrs. Minnesota America contest
in June 2018 when the husbands joined the show.
A host asked Derek Chauvin
wearing an ill-fitting tuxedo and bow tie
what additional competition the women should perform.

He suggested a rock-climbing wall — for the husbands.
“...Well, you’re not competing, I’m talking about your wife here....”
the host replied.
During a quiz segment
each contestant wrote down something about her husband
and the men had to guess which one described him.

Derek Chauvin failed miserably
even as other husbands correctly recognized their wives’ responses.
Initially, Derek Chauvin thought
he was the one whose wife said he liked to tell stories.
But he wasn’t.

A bit later, a host gave another clue:
“....Whoever you are, you do upside-down hanging crunches.
You can do 100 at a time.....”
No one stepped forward.

“...Uh, Derek Chauvin...?” the host said.




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The Chauvins often seemed to live on separate tracks.


When Kellie Chauvin took trips to help dogs
— including one she rescued from Florida and named Marley
— she often brought a female friend for company.
On most weekends for 17 years
Derek Chauvin worked an off-duty police gig
outside the El Nuevo Rodeo nightclub, earning $55 an hour.
Maya Santamaria, who once owned the club
said the Third Precinct decided which officers were assigned.




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Derek Chauvin often overreacted when he saw something that bothered him
like unruly behavior around the Lake Street club
including drunk patrons congregating on the street
— especially on “...urban nights...”
when the clientele was largely Black, Maya Santamaria said.
He often resorted to using pepper spray

When she complained, she said
she usually got the same response.
“...That is protocol...” Derek Chauvin told her.

Floyd, by coincidence, also did security at the club
but Santamaria said she does not recall seeing them together
since Floyd worked inside.




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In the first arrest, several opioid pills and cocaine
were found.

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blackbery said:

Floyd was found with extremely high levels of Fentanyl in his system
which he swallowed upon arrest.

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Post Mortem drug test: negligible '....below the reporting level...'

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Minneapolis Police Department was quick to fire Chauvin
and three other police officers
after the gruesome video came to light
and
the FBI is investigating the four
for possible civil-rights violations

in the clip, Floyd tells Chauvin “...I’m about to die....”

Chauvin tells Floyd to relax.
“...I can’t breathe...” Floyd says. “...Please, the knee in my neck,
I can’t breathe, sir....”


records show
that at least two of the officers involved in Floyd's death
have had multiple complaints filed against them

with the Minneapolis Police Department's Internal Affairs.

Since joining the police force in 2001
Chauvin alone has had 18 complaints filed against him
only two of which were “....closed with discipline...” CNN reports.
A database that documents instances of police brutality
documented Derek Chauvins involvement in multiple violent and deadly
cases of police abuse.


In 2011, Chauvin was placed on a three-day leave
along with four other officers
for his involvement in the non-fatal shooting of an indigenous man
The Daily Beast reports.

Five more complaints made against Chauvin prior to 2012
have also been closed and resulted in no disciplinary action.


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Jerry Blackwell and Steve Schleicher
who led the team that successfully prosecuted Derek Chauvin
for the murder of George Floyd
join Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss why
they decided to join the case pro bono.
Blackwell said it’s important to
“...do what you can for the cause of good and right...”
and Schleicher said
“....at some point you owe something back to the state that’s been so good to you....”
Attorneys Say Joining Chauvin Prosecution Was A ‘...Moral Moment....’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hScRGzXOLK4


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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison
joins TODAY to talk about leading the prosecution
in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.
He discusses the upcoming sentencing for Chauvin saying
“....It is important for us to act justly not vindictively.....”
Keith Ellison On Derek Chauvin Sentencing:

‘...Important For Us To Act Justly Not Vindictively....'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt009UnrLZs






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The world met Derek Chauvin, staring ahead impassively
with his knee on George Floyd’s neck
through a bystander’s cellphone video
shot as sunlight waned on Memorial Day in south Minneapolis.

For nearly two decades Chauvin was a face in the crowd
patrolling the streets during night shifts
in the city’s busy Third Precinct.
Now found guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s killing
the 44-year-old fired Minneapolis police officer remains an enigma
to colleagues and neighbors
and at least one family member described being horrified
by the video
and said Chauvin’s behavior was out of character.
“...The number one question I had was
‘Why didn’t you just get up?’ ....” said the relative
who asked not to be named over safety concerns.

Next-door neighbors say they barely saw Chauvin
discovering he was a cop only when reporters and protesters
showed up in their Oakdale neighborhood.
Former colleagues are confounded

by how the unassuming veteran street cop
became the city’s most notorious officer.
Sgt. Joey Sandberg, who retired in 2018 after working three decades
in the large Third Precinct that spreads across south Minneapolis. Sandberg
called Chauvin a friend.

“....I don’t know what happened to him. Nobody knows.
That’s the million-dollar question.....”

Chauvin’s work record details the 19-year veteran was disciplined just once
out of 17 misconduct complaints logged since 2001.
Jerry Obieglo, a former platoon sergeant stationed in Germany with Chauvin
remembers him as laser-focused on studying to become a police officer.
Chauvin didn’t go out drinking and instead volunteered to be the designated driver.
“....He was a regular guy, didn’t stand out, did his job
kept his uniform clean and kept his equipment accounted for...”
Obieglo said. “...I had no complaints....”

A complaint was filed by Lasean Braddock
a former St. Paul resident now living in Chicago.
Braddock, 48, said police stopped him as he drove home in 2013 from a double shift
as a mental health worker at Hennepin County Medical Center.
One of the officers was identified as Chauvin.
Braddock said he suspected they had mistaken him
for someone who had been using his name.
Braddock said the officer at his driver’s window, later identified by his lawyer as Chauvin
began hitting the glass with his flashlight when he hesitated to get out of the car.
Braddock said the officers tried to force him to the pavement.
He went down on his own to avoid injury.
Although the identity mix-up was somehow resolved at the jail
Braddock said, they booked him for failing to comply with police orders
and resisting arrest. Prosecutors ultimately tossed the case.

Hennepin County Assistant Public Defender Jordan Deckenbach
said Braddock was stopped on a bad warrant. The case was dismissed
after the City Attorney’s Office watched the squad car video, he said.
The aggression was “...routine...” for the Third Precinct then, he said


but Braddock’s case stuck out
“....because Chauvin went from zero to 60....”

Braddock said he’s still angry and was not surprised
to learn that the officer at his car window that night was Chauvin.

To Braddock
Chauvin was “...running around like a loose cannon....”



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Chauvin’s peers said he rarely opened up about his personal life
which is now under scrutiny by Washington County prosecutors.
They allege that Chauvin and his wife, Kellie, skirted state tax laws for at least five years.
In July, Washington County prosecutors charged both Derek and Kellie Chauvin
with nine counts each of aiding and abetting tax evasion and tax fraud.
According to the criminal complaint
the couple failed to report $464,433 in Minnesota income over five years
and failed to pay $37,868 in taxes owed during that time.
The complaint also accuses the Chauvins of using their Florida address in 2018
to register a BMW X5 they bought for more than $100,000 in Minnetonka.
They kept the car in Minnesota, where it was serviced
while not paying more than $5,000 in taxes for it, the complaint says.
After his police shifts, Chauvin worked security for bars and restaurants
making $220 to $250 a night
money Washington County prosecutors now say
was not fully reported as income from 2014 to 2019.


Maya Santamaria
former owner of the El Nuevo Rodeo nightclub
where Chauvin worked said

“ ...I saw both sides of him
Pepper spraying everybody

sometimes using holds

that were not apparently the most legal of holds

getting freaked out
if there were a lot of Black clientele in our club

and
needing backup right away for no apparent reason....”

Several people interviewed noted that
Chauvin chose to remain on his intense patrol beat
much longer than most officers do.

That can affect someone, they said.

“...Nineteen years on the street is a long time, period...”
said former MPD Chief Janeé Harteau.
“...And 19 years in mostly the same place on the same shift
is too long.....”

In footage of Floyd’s final moments alive
Chauvin appears to lose his cool
only when onlookers moved toward him
as he knelt on Floyd’s neck.
“...Don’t come over here! Don’t come over here!...” Chauvin shouted
as he pulled out his pepper spray. He quickly stowed it

as another officer stepped in to fend off the crowd.
Chauvin’s relative told the Star Tribune that they couldn’t finish the video in one sitting.
It was too hard.

Obieglo — Chauvin’s old platoon sergeant and a reference
on his application with MPD
realized the officer in the bystander video was Chauvin
only when he stood
walking as if he were still deployed back in Germany.

“...As my old Bible teacher used to say
the road to Hell was paved with good intentions.
And I think old Derek was on the highway to Hell when he did what he did....”


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Fact Check: Did George Floyd Have Fatal Levels Of Fentanyl And Crystal Meth In His System?

Yes. True.


Regardless of the position of your civil rights beliefs, much more remains involved in the case surrounding George Floyd's death than our incredibly biased, deceitful mainstream media is sharing with you.


True - George Floyd Was Wasted On Fentanyl
Further review of the case reveals that George Floyd may have died that night regardless of what happened with the police. The reason for this is the large cocktail of drugs inside his system. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner stated that Floyd had a fatal level of the opioid fentanyl in his body. But this examiner and private examiners hired by George Floyd's family reached different conclusions using the same six pieces of evidence filed in the local court.

George Floyd Cause OF Death Expert Opinion Two - The George Floyd Family
On the other hand, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner used by the Floyd family filed a separate memo regarding the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's conclusion. The Armed Forces examiner determined that Floyd's death was:

"caused by the police subdual and restraint in the setting of severe hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and methamphetamine, and fentanyl intoxication."

In other words, the expert the family paid says Chauvin killed Floyd, and the one hired by the government says it was drugs.



the insinuative narrative this was a racist attack and cops hate black people remains the focus. Most news coverage centers on "I can't breathe, which journalists quoted Floyd as stating during his arrest. But as we learned in law school, there is often so much more involved in the story. Floyd was saying, "I can't breathe" well before he was cuffed and restrained based upon the evidence presented during Chauvin's criminal trial.


Carry on with your Chauvin hate-fest as long as it makes YOU feel good to think of how 'morally superior' you are.

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What will you do when Derek Chauvin is acquitted after the successful appeal?

Will you riot and burn the country down again with the violent mobs because the law didn't bend to YOUR version of 'justice'.

Thank God the LAW is above 'feelings and emotions and propaganda'.

When a JUDGE reviews the case, he will conclude that the verdict was not based on any evidence or logic but MOB RULE.

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blackbery said:

What will you do when Derek Chauvin is acquitted after the successful appeal?

Will you riot and burn the country down again with the violent mobs because the law didn't bend to YOUR version of 'justice'.

Thank God the LAW is above 'feelings and emotions and propaganda'.

When a JUDGE reviews the case, he will conclude that the verdict was not based on any evidence or logic but MOB RULE.

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Very emotional about it yourself. Have you actually reviewed all the evidence, or is this just your own emotional opinion?

"May have died that night"???

So, Chauvin was just making certain Floyd did die?

That's not what law enforcement is about.

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That would have been a terrible defense strategy: The guy was probably going to die from fentanyl anyway, so Chauvin performed a "mercy killing". That wasn't included in Chauvin's job description.

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david starling said:

That would have been a terrible defense strategy: The guy was probably going to die from fentanyl anyway, so Chauvin performed a "mercy killing". That wasn't included in Chauvin's job description.

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David, that is not what Blackberry wrote.