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Prosecutors say Chauvin kept his knee on teen's back for 17 minutes in 2017, while the boy said
"I can't breathe"
https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/11/17/prosecutors-say-chauvin-kept-his-knee-on-teenagers-back-for-17-minutes-in-2017-while-the-boy-said-i-cant-breathe/
Prosecutors of the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd filed a memorandum on Monday to introduce body camera footage showing a similar incident in 2017.
They say the body cam video shows Derek Chauvin hitting a 14-year-old boy in the head with a flashlight twice before kneeling on his back for 17 minutes, despite the boy’s pleas that he couldn’t breathe. There is no record of Chauvin being disciplined in the case.
Prosecutors previously filed motions to introduce seven other incidents involving Chauvin, one involving J. Alexander Kueng, and nine involving Tou Thao as evidence against them. Kueng and Thao, along with Thomas Lane, are charged in connection with Floyd’s death with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter.
Prosecutors, led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, aim to show Chauvin and the other three officers had a pattern of using excessive force that the Minneapolis Police Department failed to correct before Chauvin held his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes, killing him.
They say the body cam video shows Derek Chauvin hitting a 14-year-old boy in the head with a flashlight twice before kneeling on his back for 17 minutes, despite the boy’s pleas that he couldn’t breathe. There is no record of Chauvin being disciplined in the case.
Prosecutors previously filed motions to introduce seven other incidents involving Chauvin, one involving J. Alexander Kueng, and nine involving Tou Thao as evidence against them. Kueng and Thao, along with Thomas Lane, are charged in connection with Floyd’s death with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter.
Prosecutors, led by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, aim to show Chauvin and the other three officers had a pattern of using excessive force that the Minneapolis Police Department failed to correct before Chauvin held his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes, killing him.
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