Justice Department officials planned to ask a grand jury to join Derek Chauvin and three other former officers charged with civil rights violations in the death of George Floyd.
In his state trial last week, news comes with players planning to arrest Chaubey in the courtyard, if he is not found guilty on all charges, The Star Tribune reported.
There was no need for the courtyard theatrics, allegedly claiming violent protests, as Chauvin was convicted in all three murders and murder cases, and faced 40 years in prison for the fatal arrest.
According to the newspaper, along with the state trial of Chauvin, the Fed state cases convicted of new civil rights charges with convicted murderers and former Minneapolis Police J. Alexander Kueng is seeking to accuse Thomas Lane and Tu Thao.
Chauvin’s co-workers are already charged with second-degree murder as well as supporting and abetting second-degree murder.
The report said federal officials have been raising their own high-profile police brutality case against former police for the better part of a year.
The DOJ is also dismissing additional charges against Chauvin in connection with a 2017 incident where he allegedly used his knee to restrain a teenager for about 17 minutes.
This illegal maneuver proved fatal against Floyd, a black man who was detained on suspicion of using a fake 20 bill. Chauvin’s nine-minute knee restraint footage led to a rare police murder conviction.
The news comes on federal charges expected one week after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a comprehensive investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department’s policing practices.
The Feds are reviewing whether the department uses excessive force, engages in discriminatory practices, and handles allegations of malpractice appropriately.
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