#Roommates, as the country continues to express anger and outrage at the senseless death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin—more details are emerging regarding his history of questionable police conduct. According to new reports, Chauvin has dozens of complaints of misuse of police conduct during his time as a Minneapolis cop dating back almost 20 years.
@NBCNews reports, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is a 19-year veteran on the force—and it has just be revealed that he has a long history of complaints that have largely gone ignored…until now. Chauvin joined the Minneapolis Police Academy in October 2001 and his career has been filled with questionable incidents, including use-of-force incidents and at least one lawsuit related to an allegation of violations of a prisoner’s federal constitutional rights. In 2006, he (along with five other officers) responded to a stabbing at a local Minneapolis home. Police said suspect Wayne Reyes stabbed his friend, his girlfriend and then threatened to shoot the responding officers. kill all of them with a shotgun.
Police then pursued Reyes in his vehicle, once he got out with a gun, and “several officers fired multiple shots,” killing Reyes, police said in a report. All of the officers, including Chauvin, were put on paid leave during an investigation. Also in 2006, Chauvin and other officers were named in a federal lawsuit filed by an inmate at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Lino Lakes, the case was ultimately dismissed. In 2008, Chauvin and another officer responded to a domestic disturbance that resulted in a suspect’s shooting. According to police, Ira Latrell Toles, 21, was in a bathroom and tried to escape when Chauvin came inside. When Toles reportedly refused to obey Chauvin’s order to get down, a struggle ensued and Toles grabbed for Chauvin’s weapon. Chauvin fired twice, hitting Toles in the abdomen—he was taken to the hospital and survived and once again Chauvin was placed on paid leave during an internal investigation.
In 2011, Chauvin was again placed on temporary leave after he responded to the scene of a shooting. Police said that Leroy Martinez, 23, drew his gun at the Little Earth of United Tribes public housing complex and that an officer shot him after he refused to drop the gun and listen to commands. Chauvin and other officers arrived at the scene, they were all placed on a standard three-day administrative leave as part of the investigation.
As we previously reported, Derek Chauvin, and three fellow Minneapolis officers were fired earlier this week after the tragic incident involving George Floyd, whose cries of physical pain were recorded on a cellphone video and whose death led to multiple protests. Minneapolis police identified the other officers as Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng.
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