Prosecutors allege former Minneapolis officer used neck restraint in several other cases

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before George Floyd’s death

By Holly Bailey
September 11, 2020 at 7:44 p.m. EDT

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who held his knee at George Floyd's throat for over nine minutes and is now charged with murder, allegedly used a similar neck restraint at least four other times, including during a 2019 arrest in which a male suspect was "rendered unconscious" because of the tactic, according to prosecutors.

That episode was listed in a new court filing as one of eight cases from Chauvin’s 19-year history on the Minneapolis force that prosecutors say they plan to cite as evidence of a pattern of excessive force, including at least four times Chauvin allegedly restrained suspects “beyond the point when such force was needed.”

Eric Nelson, Chauvin’s attorney, declined to comment.

The filing came as Chauvin made his first in-person court appearance in the Floyd murder case, joining the three other former police officers implicated in the 46-year-old Black man’s death. A county judge heard arguments on several central issues in the case, including whether the officers should be tried together or separately and if the trial should be moved out of the city.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/minneapolis-police-chauvin-floyd/2020/09/11/08a99f38-f47c-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html

[montanacowboy]

1. I'm Shocked, Shocked

what else could you expect, he has been getting away with it all his life and now he is caught.

[demtenjeep]

2. hang him

opps- Yes I mean it!