DEREK CHAUVIN
The white policeman under whose knee George Floyd died of asphyxiation two weeks ago must appear on Monday for the first time before a court in Minneapolis, city where one wonders, as in the rest of the United States, on the way to reform the police in depth.
The face of police brutality around the world since the broadcast of a video showing him pressing his knee for nearly nine minutes on the neck of a suffocating African-American, Derek Chauvin is summoned before a judge of the county of Hennepin in 12:45 p.m.).
A first appearance, by video from the high security prison where he is incarcerated, which should be mainly procedural, devoted to fixing the release of the ex-police officer and a new date for the hearing.
The 44-year-old former police officer was initially charged with manslaughter, but the facts were reclassified as premeditated murder, a count punishable by 40 years in prison.
Three of his former colleagues involved in the fatal arrest of George Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis have been charged with complicity in the murder.
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