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Derek Chauvin
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American former police officer who murdered George Floyd
OverviewAI-generated
Derek Chauvin, born Derek Michael Chauvin on 19 March 1976 in Oakdale, is an American citizen who worked as a police officer, security guard, and cook. He was educated at Metropolitan State University and was employed by the Minneapolis Police Department. He was a participant in the 2020 case against Derek Chauvin, connected to the murder of George Floyd, and was convicted of manslaughter.
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Key facts
- Born
- Derek Michael Chauvin , 1976 (age 49 – 50)
- Education
- Dakota County Technical College
- Alma mater
- Metropolitan State University ( BS )
- Known for
- Murder of George Floyd
- Criminal status
- Incarcerated
- Convictions
- Deprivation of rights under color of law (2 counts) Unintentional second-degree murder Third-degree murder Second-degree manslaughter Tax evasion (2 counts)
- Trial
- State v. Chauvin
- Criminal penalty
- Federal sentence: 21 years imprisonment State sentence: 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 years imprisonment
- Victims
- George Floyd (murdered) Unnamed juvenile (unreasonable force)
- Date
- May 25, 2020 (murder of Floyd) September 4, 2017 (unreasonable force to juvenile)
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Date apprehended
- May 29, 2020
- Imprisoned at
- FCI Big Spring
- Department
- Minneapolis Police Department
- Service years
- 2001–2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oakdale
- Occupation
- cook
- Employer
- Minneapolis Police Department
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2020 case against Derek Chauvin
- Convicted of
- manslaughter
- Significant event
- murder of George Floyd
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- date of birth
- 1976-03-19
- ethnic group
- White Americans
- described at URL
- www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd.html
- name in native language
- Derek Michael Chauvin
- Commons category
- Derek Chauvin
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Encyclopedic overview
Derek Michael Chauvin (/ˈʃoʊvən/ SHOH-vən; born 1976) is an American former police officer who murdered George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
On May 25, 2020, Floyd was arrested after a store clerk alleged that he made a purchase using a counterfeit $20 bill. In the course of the arrest, Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for about nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on the street and calling out "I can't breathe". The murder set off a series of protests in Minneapolis, across the United States, and around the world, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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