George Floyd killing: two officers involved previously reviewed for use of force

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Internal reviews of Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao’s use of force resulted in no disciplinary action, database confirms

Kenya Evelyn

Two Minneapolis police officers captured in video footage restraining George Floyd were previously involved in other violent incidents while on duty, according to a database that documents instances of police brutality.

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Combined, the men [Chauvin & Thao] have been the subject of more than a dozen civilian complaints, for which Chauvin has faced three verbal reprimands. The database confirmed that internal reviews of Chauvin and Thao’s use of force by the Minneapolis police department resulted in no disciplinary action each time.

The Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar, a former Democratic presidential candidate, has faced backlash for what critics have called a tame demand for “a complete and thorough outside investigation”, and is now being questioned on her record. Between 1999 and 2007, Klobuchar, the state’s then top prosecutor, declined to press charges against more than a dozen officers accused of killing civilians, including Chauvin.

As protests continued in the Twin Cities on Wednesday, Chauvin’s past altercations have drawn additional scrutiny of the Minneapolis police department’s handling of Floyd’s death, and race relations with law enforcement in the state.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/28/george-floyd-killing-officers-derek-chauvin-tou-thao-investigated

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Klobuchar was not "the state's top prosecutor,"

which would have been the attorney general. She was the Hennepin County attorney, the top prosecutor only for the county that includes Minneapolis, not the whole state.

[Bettie]

2. So, they figured they could do whatever they wanted to

because the likely consequences were someone sternly telling them "don't let it happen again...GOOD JOB!".