Federal Investigation of the Killing of George Floyd

On or about February 23, it became known that a new federal grand jury had been empaneled in Minneapolis to investigate whether Derek Chauvin had violated George Floyd’s civil rights, i.e., his right against unreasonable seizure or right to due process.[1]

Apparently this federal investigation does not involve the other ex-officers now facing state charges of aiding and abetting Chauvin’s conduct.

Because grand jury proceedings are secret, little is known about the specifics of the investigation.

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[1] Arango & Benner, With New Grand Jury, Justice Department Revives Investigation Into Death of George Floyd, N.Y. Times (Feb. 23, 2021), https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/us/george-floyd-death-investigation-doj.html?searchResultPosition=1; Balsamo (Assoc. Press), Federal grand jury hearing evidence in death of George Floyd, StarTribune (Feb. 24, 2021).

 

 

 

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As a retired lawyer and adjunct law professor, Duane W. Krohnke has developed strong interests in U.S. and international law, politics and history. He also is a Christian and an active member of Minneapolis’ Westminster Presbyterian Church. His blog draws from these and other interests. He delights in the writing freedom of blogging that does not follow a preordained logical structure. The ex post facto logical organization of the posts and comments is set forth in the continually being revised “List of Posts and Comments–Topical” in the Pages section on the right side of the blog.

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