Justice Department officials reportedly will ask a grand jury to indict former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and three other ex-officers on charges of civil rights violations in the death of George Floyd.
A source told the Star Tribune of prosecutors’ plans. If the grand jury votes to indict, the former officers would face new civil rights charges on top of the state’s cases, meaning all four men could be headed toward a criminal trial in federal court.
The Star Tribune’s report on Thursday also detailed a backup plan that was devised in case Chauvin had been found not guilty on all counts or his murder case had ended in a mistrial. (He was convicted on all counts.)
DOJ officials spent months before the murder trial gathering evidence to indict Chauvin on federal police brutality charges. However, they feared the publicity hysteria could disrupt the state’s case.
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Kudos to the Department of Justice & to Attorney General Merrick Garland,