{"id":755227,"date":"2021-09-15T12:50:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T16:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=755227"},"modified":"2021-09-15T12:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T16:50:51","slug":"ex-minneapolis-police-officers-plead-not-guilty-to-violating-george-floyds-civil-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-minneapolis-police-officers-plead-not-guilty-to-violating-george-floyds-civil-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Minneapolis Police Officers Plead Not Guilty To Violating George Floyd\u2019s Civil Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-minneapolis-police-officers-plead-not-guilty-to-violating-george-floyds-civil-rights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=755227&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/George-Floyd-1-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Four former Minneapolis police officers pleaded not guilty to violating George Floyd\u2019s civil rights in a federal court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao appeared in court via videoconference to make their pleas. Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering Floyd earlier this year, joined from a room in a Minnesota maximum-security prison, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2021\/09\/14\/chauvin-lane-keung-thao-federal-civil-rights-case-george-floyd\/8330602002\/\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A federal grand jury indicted all four officers in May of allegedly violating Floyd\u2019s civil rights when they restrained him while attempting to arrest him last May. Chauvin, who was shown restraining Floyd with a knee on Floyd\u2019s upper body, was convicted of murder over his part in the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Kueng and Thao have petitioned the federal court to hold their trials separately from Chauvin\u2019s. The two former officers argue that being tried alongside Chauvin would prejudice the jury against them and, as a result, they may not get a fair trial. Lane has asked the court to let him join Kueng and Thao\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal indictment alleges Chauvin violated Floyd\u2019s right to be free from unreasonable seizure and unreasonable force by a police officer. Thao and Kueng are charged with violating Floyd\u2019s right to be free from unreasonable seizure by not intervening to stop Chauvin as he knelt on Floyd\u2019s neck. All four officers are also charged with depriving Floyd of his rights when they failed to provide him with medical care,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/09\/14\/1036988787\/george-floyd-minneapolis-police-rights-not-guilty-chauvin\">NPR<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Chauvin was convicted of three felonies in relation to Floyd\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-jury-finds-derek-chauvin-guilty\">The Daily Wire<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20.158129175947\">\n<p><em>After a little over ten hours of deliberation, a jury on Tuesday found former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in relation to the death of George Floyd.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The jury considered three separate charges, \u201csecond-degree murder\u2014unintentional, while committing a felony; third-degree murder; and second-degree manslaughter,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/derek-chauvins-trial-is-over-heres-what-to-know-before-the-verdict-11618852907\">according to The Wall Street Journal<\/a>. \u201cThe judge explained that third-degree murder requires proof Mr. Chauvin caused Mr. Floyd\u2019s death by committing an eminently dangerous act that was highly likely to cause death and showed a reckless disregard for human life. To convict Mr. Chauvin of second-degree manslaughter, the jurors would need to conclude that culpable negligence and reckless actions by Mr. Chauvin caused Mr. Floyd\u2019s death.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They found Chauvin guilty on all three.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chauvin\u2019s trial generated national attention after Floyd\u2019s death sparked massive protests and riots across major U.S. cities, costing local governments and residents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-kenosha-city-owned-property-sustained-2m-in-damages-mayor-asks-for-30m-riot-relief\">millions<\/a> of dollars in damage in some cases. The riots that broke out after Floyd\u2019s death could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/riots-looting-that-followed-george-floyds-death-could-cost-2-billion-most-expensive-incident-in-insurance-history\">cost<\/a> insurance companies as much as $2 billion, according to one estimate.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice allegedly planned to arrest Chauvin at a Minneapolis courthouse had he not been found guilty of murder or manslaughter in Floyd\u2019s death. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-doj-was-going-to-arrest-derek-chauvin-in-court-if-jury-found-him-innocent-report\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"25.845697329377\">\n<p><em>The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly planned to arrest former Minneapolis Police Office Derek Chauvin in court and charge him with civil rights violations if the jury were to find him innocent of murder.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLeading up to Derek Chauvin\u2019s murder trial, Justice Department officials had spent months gathering evidence to indict the ex-Minneapolis police officer on federal police brutality charges, but they feared the publicity frenzy could disrupt the state\u2019s case,\u201d a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/feds-plan-to-indict-chauvin-other-three-ex-officers-on-civil-rights-charges\/600051374\/?refresh=true\">report<\/a>&nbsp;from the Minneapolis Star Tribune outlined. \u201cSo they came up with a contingency plan: If Chauvin were found not guilty on all counts or the case ended in a mistrial, they would arrest him at the courthouse, according to sources familiar with the planning discussions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This \u201cbackup plan,\u201d the report said, wasn\u2019t \u201cnecessary\u201d for the DOJ, since the jury on April 20 found Chauvin guilt of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in relation to the death of George Floyd.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four former Minneapolis police officers pleaded not guilty to violating George Floyd\u2019s civil rights in a federal court on Tuesday.Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. 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