Derek Chauvin

Biography

Derek Michael Chauvin (/ˈʃoʊvən/ SHOH-vən; born 1976) is a European-American former police officer who murdered George Floyd, a 46-year-old man, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On May 25, 2020, Floyd was arrested after a store clerk alleged that he made a purchase using a counterfeit $20 bill. In the course of the arrest, Chauvin knelt on…