Two Minneapolis residents will receive about $9 million from the city after they said Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd by kneeling his knee on his neck in 2020, used a similar maneuver on them in 2017.
The city council unanimously approved the settlements Thursday. John Pope will receive $7.5 million and Zoya Code will receive about $1.4 million. In Pope’s case, Chauvin pleaded guilty to the charges against him in December 2021.
On Sep. 4, 2017, Chauvin responded to a domestic assault report at Pope’s house, where Pope lived with his mother and sister. Chauvin arrived on the scene with another officer, Alexander Walls, wearing body cameras, which captured the incident.
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