After a Minneapolis jury found former cop Derek Chauvin gusty of second degree murder and other related charges, the Department of Justice was already considering charging the former cop and three other officers with violating George Floyd’s civil rights and today they are one step closer to making that decision. Sources close to the investigation have revealed that charging the cops with federal civil rights violations is a done deal in that the papers are being drawn up to formally charge all those that were involved in the death of Mr. Floyd.
We caught up with American activist Tamika Mallory at the memorial for the late rapper DMX and she was asked what did she think of the verdict of Derek Chauvin and what this means to the movement for justice for people of color.
Federal prosecutors are moving forward with plans to charge Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers with federal civil rights violations, according to two local media reports in Minnesota. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, citing a source, and KSTP-TV, citing sources with knowledge of the investigation, say the Justice Department intends to ask a grand jury to indict Chauvin in connection with the death of George Floyd, along with three other former officers on scene — Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao.
Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on June 25th on his state conviction.
