The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to ask a grand jury to indict four former Minneapolis police officers, Derek Chauvin, Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao on federal charges in relation to George Floyd’s death.
For Chauvin the police brutality charges will include an incident from 2017 in which Chauvin hit a 14-year-old boy with a flashlight and choked him.
In the event of a mistrial or not guilty verdicts on all counts, sources said the plan was for federal agents to arrest Chauvin at the courthouse, in what would have made for an undoubtedly dramatic moment.