STATE & NATIONAL: On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Ciyrt Court denied a request for an appeal to tge ruling decided in the George Floyd murder case. Former police officer, Derrick Chauvin was denied an appeal to the guilty verdict.
By Snne M Erbynstein
Today, the Minnesota police officer who was convicted on 3 charges associated with the 2020 death ofthe 42 year old black man, George Floyd. After having made efforts at shopping at a local convenience store, George Floyd was detained by police.
Among the 4 police responding to a call from grocery store employee claiming George passed a counterfeit bill, Chauvin was the officer who deleverately held his knee on Floyd's neck for 8 minutes. Floyd died of fatal injury associated with the officer, Derek Chsuvin's use of unusual force at the hand of Chauvin.
Following the wrongful death of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin and 3 other officers responded to tge grocer's 911 call. While each of the officer were charged with denying the civil rights of the deceased prior to his death, Chauvin was , also, charged and convicted with 1st degree unintentional murder, 3rd degree murder and () degree manslaughter.
During Chauvin s sentencing trial that followed the.
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