Derek Chauvin
American murderer and former police officer
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| 2025 | Rumors emerged of a possible presidential pardon for Chauvin. |
| January 2025 | The lawsuit by the former City of Minneapolis employee concluded with a $600,000 settlement from the city. |
| January 2025 | The lawsuit from the 2024 incident concluded with the city paying a $600,000 settlement fee. |
| December 2024 | U.S. District Court accepts Chauvin's demand to have Floyd's tissue remains retested to investigate alternative causes of death. |
| August 20 2024 | Transferred to FCI Big Spring |
| May 2024 | A former City of Minneapolis employee filed a lawsuit against the city, accusing Chauvin of throwing her to the ground during a January 2020 drunk driving arrest and restraining her with a knee. |
| 2023 | City of Minneapolis agreed to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits by Zoya Code and John Pope Jr., who claimed Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks in 2017. |
| November 2023 | Filed a motion in federal court attempting to vacate his guilty plea |
| November 24 2023 | Derek Chauvin was stabbed 22 times by another inmate, John Turscak, in the law library of FCI Tucson prison at approximately 12:30 p.m. He suffered serious bodily injury and was taken to the hospital for treatment. The attack was reportedly motivated by Chauvin's high-profile status and symbolic connections to the Black Lives Matter movement. |
| November 20 2023 | The United States Supreme Court declined to hear Chauvin's appeal, leaving the state court rulings and his conviction in place. |
| November 16 2023 | Chauvin gave an interview from prison for a documentary released by Alpha News, where he claimed the trial was a 'sham'. |
| July 2023 | The Minnesota Supreme Court denied Chauvin's request to review his case. |
| May 2023 | Chauvin's ex-wife was sentenced to twenty days in prison for tax-evasion charges. |
| April 2023 | A three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals issued a 50-page decision affirming Chauvin's original conviction. |
| March 17 2023 | Chauvin pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges and was sentenced to 13 months in prison, to be served concurrently with his existing murder sentence. |
| November 24 2022 | Stabbed by another inmate at FCI Tucson |
| August 24 2022 | Transferred from Oak Park Heights state correctional facility to FCI Tucson, a medium-security federal prison in Arizona. |
| July 7 2022 | Chauvin is sentenced to 21 years in prison on federal civil rights charges related to George Floyd and the 14-year-old boy. |
| May 4 2022 | Federal judge accepts Chauvin's plea deal, which could result in a 20-25 year federal prison sentence to be served concurrently with his state sentence. |
| April 2022 | Derek Chauvin appealed his second-degree murder conviction to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, requesting a reversal of his conviction and a new trial in a different venue, claiming jury intimidation by pre-trial publicity. |
| January 21 2022 | Pre-trial hearing was scheduled for the tax-evasion case. |
| December 15 2021 | Chauvin pleads guilty to federal civil rights charges for violating the constitutional rights of George Floyd and the 14-year-old boy, admitting to using unreasonable force and deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. |
| September 2021 | The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced the Sacred Heart of Jesus church fire was arson and sought public help to identify a person of interest. |
| September 16 2021 | Chauvin pleads not guilty to federal charges related to the 2017 incident involving the 14-year-old boy. |
| September 8 2021 | Chauvin first appeared in Washington County District Court for his tax-evasion case (case number 82-CR-20-2813). |
| August 2021 | Moseley pled guilty to federal weapons charges stemming from his prior arrests at demonstrations. |
| July 2021 | Thomas pled guilty in Hennepin County court for the drive-by shooting and illegal firearm possession, receiving an eight-year sentence including five years in jail and three years of supervised release. |
| June 25 2021 | Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison. People gathered at multiple locations in Minneapolis, with crowds being smaller and more subdued compared to previous protests. Floyd's family and civil rights activists expressed disappointment, advocating for the maximum 30-year sentence and supporting the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. |
| June 25 2021 | Protesters held demonstrations in downtown Minneapolis, temporarily blocking vehicular traffic. Activists continued to highlight the upcoming civil rights case against the four police officers involved in Floyd's death and the criminal case against former officers Kueng, Lane, and Thao scheduled for March 2022. |
| June 25 2021 | Sentenced to prison for George Floyd's murder, with credit for 199 days time served |
| May 12 2021 | Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill allowed prosecution to seek a greater prison sentence after finding Chauvin treated George Floyd with 'particular cruelty'. |
| May 7 2021 | U.S. Department of Justice indicts Chauvin and three co-officers for constitutional civil rights violations related to George Floyd's murder, and separately indicts Chauvin for violating the civil rights of the 14-year-old boy from the 2017 incident. |
| April 21 2021 | Officials began the demobilization of Operation Safety Net, a process that took several days following the Chauvin trial. |
| April 20 2021 | Court announced a guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, triggering multiple peaceful marches and rallies in Minneapolis and other major U.S. cities. Minnesota mobilized 3,500 National Guard troops and hundreds of law enforcement officers in 'Operation Safety Net' for security. |
| April 20 2021 | Chauvin was found guilty by a jury of six white people and six people of color on three counts: unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. He became the first white Minnesotan police officer convicted of murdering a Black person. |
| April 20 2021 | Following the conviction, Judge Cahill revoked Chauvin's bail, and he was taken back into police custody. |
| April 20 2021 | Convicted on all charges (unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter) for George Floyd's murder |
| April 19 2021 | Twenty activist groups organized a large, peaceful demonstration and march near the Hennepin County Government Center. Protesters demanded lengthy sentences for officers involved in George Floyd's death, police reform legislation, dropped charges against demonstrators, and an end to Operation Safety Net. |
| April 19 2021 | A fire destroyed the 100-year-old Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church in northeast Minneapolis around 7 p.m., several miles from peaceful protest sites. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives later confirmed the fire was arson in September 2021. |
| April 19 2021 | The Derek Chauvin murder trial concluded, and the jury began deliberations. |
| April 18 2021 | Gunshots were fired at National Guard troops in Minneapolis near Broadway Avenue during Operation Safety Net. A bullet struck a military vehicle's windshield, injuring soldiers from shattered glass. |
| April 13 2021 | Families of George Floyd and Daunte Wright held a press conference outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis. |
| April 11 2021 | Daunte Wright, a Black man, was killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, a suburb adjacent to Minneapolis, sparking protests and unrest. |
| April 6 2021 | Civil rights leaders, including Al Sharpton and former New York Governor David Paterson, led a rally outside the Hennepin County Government Center, offering prayers for the conviction of Derek Chauvin. |
| March 28 2021 | Multiple protests and rallies were held in Minneapolis. George Floyd's family and Al Sharpton hosted a vigil at the Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. Protesters marched in downtown Minneapolis, rallying at the Hennepin County Government Center and Minneapolis City Hall. Some demonstrators blocked Metro light-rail tracks, causing train traffic to close for several hours. At 38th and Chicago Avenue, a group held a training workshop on avoiding arrest and maintaining calm during police interactions. |
| March 11 2021 | Judge Cahill reinstated the third-degree murder charge against Chauvin. |
| March 8 2021 | Approximately one thousand protesters gathered peacefully outside the downtown courthouse at the start of Derek Chauvin's trial, calling for justice for George Floyd and raising broader issues of racial injustice. Officials had surrounded the courthouse with concrete barriers, metal fencing, and barbed wire in anticipation of potential unrest. |
| March 8 2021 | Derek Chauvin's trial for the murder of George Floyd began at the Hennepin County Government Center, marking the first time a Minnesota judge authorized cameras to show a full criminal trial. |
| March 7 2021 | Several hundred protesters held the 'I Can't Breathe' Silent March For Justice in downtown Minneapolis, mourning George Floyd and calling for police reform. Protesters carried a white coffin with red flowers, one day before jury selection for Derek Chauvin's trial. |
| February 2021 | Governor Walz deployed the National Guard for trial security and potential civil unrest, responding to requests from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter. |
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