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Multiple people who had run-ins with Chauvin before the deadly encounter have accused him in interviews with news outlets and official complaints of using excessive force.
Chauvin, who was a 19-year veteran of the department before he was fired, was named in more than a dozen complaints that resulted in no disciplinary action and one that led to a “letter of reprimand.”
The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, which is prosecuting Chauvin’s case, sought to introduce several arrests involving Chauvin dating as far back as 2014, alleging that they showed a history of excessive force.
Jurors may hear about one of those cases, the arrest of Zoya Code in 2017.
“The fact that Mr. Braddock’s complaint was dismissed without him being contacted and interviewed is evidence that the complaint was not taken seriously,” Deckenbach said. “If Officer Chauvin had been disciplined for physically abusing Mr. Braddock, to include kneeling on Mr. Braddock’s neck, perhaps Officer Chauvin would have taken a different approach with George Floyd, resulting in George Floyd still being alive today.”
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