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Who Else Is Culpable in George Floyd’s Death?

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This episode contains depictions of violence Almost two years ago, a shocking nine-minute video was released showing a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, fatally kneeling on the neck of George Floyd. Mr. Chauvin is now serving a long sentence for murder. A few weeks ago, a trial began in the case of the three other officers who were on the scene that day. They are charged with violating Mr. Floyd’s civil rights during the arrest that caused his death. Guest: Kim Barker, an enterprise reporter for The New York Times.

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0:00.0

From New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow. This is italy.

0:07.0

Almost two years ago now, a nine minute video was released that rocked the country, showing

0:16.8

a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Shovon, failing kneeling on the neck of George Floyd,

0:23.2

even as Floyd and others called for help. Shovon is now serving a 22-year sentence for murder.

0:32.3

But a few weeks ago, the trial began in the case of the three other officers who were on

0:38.5

the scene that day, who are now charged with violating Floyd civil rights and aiding

0:45.5

and abending his murder.

0:48.8

Today, my colleague Kim Barker has the story of one of them.

0:55.8

It's Monday, February 7.

1:03.8

Kim, tell us how you first came to this reporting.

1:09.3

Sure. So, I'm an investigative reporter at the Times, but after George Floyd was killed,

1:14.8

I was sent to Minneapolis to cover the aftermath of the killing.

1:18.8

And, you know, while they're naturally almost every journalist is focused on Derek Shovon,

1:25.0

the officer who had actually killed George Floyd.

1:27.8

The former police officer known as Derek Shovon is now in police custody.

1:33.2

The fired police officer now facing charges at third degree murder and manslaughter for

1:37.8

the death of 46-year-old George Floyd.

1:40.0

This morning, we're learning that police records show Derek Shovon, the officer who had

1:44.1

his knee on Floyd's neck for several minutes, has faced more than a dozen complaints over

1:48.7

the course of his 19-year career with the Minneapolis police, disciplined for two of them.

1:54.3

But my job is often to look in another direction.

1:57.2

And I decided to take a look at the other three officers who were on the scene and see whether

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