Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted in April of George Floydt's murder, pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges in a reshuffle at Wednesday's District Court hearing. of the US.
Chauvin also pleaded guilty in a separate case in which he was accused of using similar tactics to a 14-year-old from Minneapolis in 2017.
As part of the plea deal, prosecutors are seeking Chauvin to be sentenced to 300 months in prison or 25 years, to be served at the same time as the 22-and-a-half-year sentence for murder charges.
Chauvin's lawyer did not respond to a request for comment by cnn .
Chauvin's appearance in the courtroom came nearly 18 months after the former officer held his knee to Floyd's neck and back for 9 minutes and 26 seconds, while the 46-year-old in color, handcuffed and lying on the street , could not get air, which is also evidenced in the videos posted on social networks.