WHO IS DEREK M.

CHAUVIN

➔ Minneapolis police officer who murdered George

Floyd on May 25, 20201

➔ The restraint techniques used by Chauvin to murder

Floyd was NOT part of the Department's training2

➔ Being represented by Tom Kelly, the same attorney who

got officer Jeronimo Yanez (who murdered Philando
Castile) acquitted3

➔ Derek Chauvin was put on leave in 2011 for an

inappropriate police shooting of Alaskan Native
American, Leroy Martinez4

➔ Chauvin shot Ira Latrell Toles, an unarmed black 21

year old man in 20085

➔ Chauvin was one of the officers who murdered Wayne

Reyes, a latino man with 16 bullets forced into him (a
total of 42 rounds were shot off)6

➔ Chauvin and another officer were chasing a car in 2005 causing the death of three
people according to Communities United Against Police Brutality 7

➔ There are 12 police brutality complaints against Chauvin in the Minneapolis Office of
Police Conduct compliance database. They are all listed as “closed,” “non-public,” and
“no discipline.”8

1 https://www.fox9.com/news/4-minneapolis-police-officers-identified-in-death-of-george-floyd
2 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/05/26/4-Minneapolis-officers-fired-after-video-showed-man-pinned-by-neck/3581590521946/?sl=&ur3=1
3 https://wikibious.com/derek-chauvin/
4 https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/08/12/police-officers-involved-in-mpls-shooting-to-return-to-duty/
5 https://www.twincities.com/2008/05/26/minneapolis-police-officer-involved-in-weekend-shooting-idd/
6 https://rollingout.com/2020/05/27/white-cop-who-knelt-on-george-floyds-neck-had-a-history-of-violence/
7 https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/cuapb/pages/17/attachments/original/1556948828/Minnesota_Stolen_Lives_Names_2018.pdf?1556948828
8 http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/civilrights/policereview/opcr-data - Type in “Chauvin, Derek” under OPCR Officer Search and CRA Officer Search