Former American police officer Derek Schovin, who killed a 46-year-old African American man. George Floyd in May 2020, refused to recognize himself guilty of an estimated violation of the civil rights of a 14-year-old black teenager in 2017, reports ABC News.
He was accused of convincing the ex-policeman squeezed the throat of a minor, hit him a flashlight on his head and poured to the ground, having knew when the teenager was handcuffed and no longer resisted. According to the indictment, the method similar to that he used to Floyd led to injuries in a teenager. Former policeman denies his guilt.
It is noted that for 19 years of work of the Sovina in the police of Minneapolis, at least 18 complaints were filed.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden rated the verdict to the Ex-Police Derek Chovin. He noted that he was not familiar with all the circumstances that were taken into account by the court. However, at the same time, he stressed that in accordance with the current rules, the sentence seems to him “appropriate.”