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Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis policeman convicted in April of the murder of George Floyd, is scheduled for a hearing this Wednesday to change his guilty plea in the federal civil rights case he faces, court documents reveal.
Derek Chauvin filed a motion to appeal his conviction in the death of George Floyd
Chauvin is accused of depriving Floyd of the right to be free from "unreasonable capture, which includes the right to be free from the use of unreasonable force by a police officer."
Chauvin pleaded not guilty to the charges last September.
George Floyd's death on May 25, 2020, sparked protests across the country against police brutality and racial injustice.
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The video of Derek Chauvin kneeling over George Floyd
Witness video showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, while the 46-year-old man, handcuffed and lying face down on the street, gasped for air.
The images also captured Floyd telling Chauvin and other police officers: "I can't breathe."
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The hearing to change the guilty plea is scheduled at the United States District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
"Whatever your initial statement, you have indicated that you would like to change that statement," a court spokesperson told CNN.
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CNN left messages for Chauvin's attorney on Monday, but did not get an immediate response.
Accusation against other policemen
Former police officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng are also charged in connection with an alleged failure to intervene in Chauvin's excessive use of force, according to the federal indictment.
Chauvin, Thao, Kueng and Thomas Lane also face a charge for allegedly failing to provide Floyd with medical assistance.
Thao, Kueng and Lane pleaded not guilty to the charges in September.
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The indictment noted that "the defendants saw George Floyd lying on the ground in clear need of medical attention. And they deliberately failed to help Floyd, acting with deliberate disregard for a substantial risk of harm to Floyd." .
In April, Chauvin was found guilty of unintentional manslaughter in the commission of a felony, unintentional manslaughter with disregard for life, and accidental manslaughter.
He was sentenced to 22 and a half years in state prison.
Under Minnesota law, Chauvin will have to serve two-thirds of his sentence, or 15 years, and will be eligible for supervised release for the remaining seven and a half years.
Furthermore, Thao, Kueng and Lane face charges of aiding and abetting accidental homicide and aiding and inciting unintentional manslaughter in the commission of a felony in Floyd's death.
They have pleaded not guilty.
His trial is currently scheduled for March 2022.
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