Former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin set to plead guilty in federal civil rights case for George Floyd killing
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses his sentencing hearing and the judge as he awaits his sentence after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in a still image from video.
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On Monday, the Minneapolis federal court docket of the civil rights case against the cops was updated to note that Chauvin will appear for a change of plea hearing on Wednesday morning in St. Paul, Minnesota. Such hearings are held when a defendant plans to plead guilty.
There was no indication that the other defendants, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, are changing their pleas in the case.
Those three men are set to go on trial in state court next year on criminal charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter after they face trial on the federal civil rights charges. They have pleaded not guilty in the state case.
Chauvin’s defense lawyer and the lead prosecutor in the case did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the change of plea hearing.
