Derek Chauvin Living ‘Dismal’ Life In Prison For George Floyd Murder, According To Report
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis policeman convicted of killing George Floyd, is reportedly struggling behind bars.
According to TMZ, Chauvin is living a “dismal” life in a sector of restrictive housing in the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights. A rep told the outlet he is under 24-hour surveillance and staff checks on him every 30 minutes. The convicted murderer has no contact with other inmates, he also showers, eats, sleeps and uses the bathroom in his cell.
Chauvin was sentenced to 22 ½ years in prison after being found guilty on all counts of murder and manslaughter. He and the other officers accused in Floyd’s case are set to stand trial in a federal civil rights case. However, last month, Chauvin pleaded guilty in the federal civil rights case, according to CBS Minnesota.
Chauvin, along with three other former Minneapolis officers, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, and J. Alexander Kueng, was indicted by a federal grand jury, accusing them of depriving Floyd, 46, of his rights while exercising the authority of a government agency. Floyd died on May 25, 2020 when, in an attempt to arrest him, he was pinned to the ground under Chauvin’s knee for nearly nine minutes.
The other three officers will stand trial on state charges beginning in March 2022. Chauvin is expected to testify in both the state trial and the federal trial of the other three officers.
Chauvin was also facing another federal indictment in which he was accused of unlawfully subduing a teenager by his throat. But as a condition of this new plea deal, the indictment will be dismissed, CBS Minnesota reports. Also as part of the deal, Chauvin will never again be able to work in law enforcement, and will have to pay restitution, the amount of which has not been determined.
Chauvin is continuing to appeal his state conviction. He accused the state of "prejudicial prosecutorial misconduct," as well as pointing to several issues he had with the jury. In all, he raised 14 concerns in his court filing about the way he was prosecuted.
