Derek Chauvin, 45, faces an additional 20 years in prison for allegedly violating the civil rights of a 14-year-old black boy
The former Minneapolis cop who murdered George Floyd has denied federal charges violating a black teenagers civil rights by kneeling on the boy's neck - just like he did while killing Floyd.
Derek Chauvin, 45, pleaded not guilty to the charges in Minneapolis on Thursday morning. He appeared via videolink for the brief hearing.
He was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison earlier this year for killing Floyd when he stopped Floyd, 46, from breathing by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes on Memorial Day 2020.
Hennepin County prosecutors in Minneapolis claim Chauvin had used the same restraint method that killed Floyd on an unnamed 14-year-old black boy in September 2017, depriving the teen of his right to be free of unreasonable force.
The boy was cuffed during the 17 minute restraint, and is said to have cried out for his mother, with Chauvin's arrest reportedly leaving him bleeding.
Chauvin allegedly held the teen by the throat, hit him in the head multiple times with a flashlight and held his knee on the boy's neck and upper back while the teen was lying on the ground, handcuffed and not resisting, The Star Tribune reports.
The boy was bleeding from the ear and needed two stiches.
Chauvin at his sentencing in June where he was sent to prison for 22 and a half years for George Floyd's murder
Chauvin is accused of using the same restraint that ended in George Floyd's death, pictured, to arrest a handcuffed 14 year-old boy
According to the police record of the incident, Chauvin described the 14-year-old as 6-foot-2 and 240 lbs., and claimed the teen was resisting arrest.
The incident came to light as prosecutors searched through Chauvin's record to prove he had a record of using the controversial restraint tactic before Floyd's death.
Prosecutors found four incidents since 2014 that they said went too far, 'beyond the point when such force was needed under the circumstances.'
Chauvin is charged with two counts over the 2017 incident.
One for injuring the boy with a weapon, and the another for the method in which he arrested the teen that violated his civil rights.
On each of these charges, Chauvin faces up to 10 years in prison and/or a fine.
Chauvin appearing remotely from Minnesota's maximum security prison Oak Park Heights on September 14, on separate federal charges of violating George Floyd's civil rights
Chauvin will face the civil rights violation trial alongside (left to right): J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao
Floyd (pictured) died Memorial Day 2020 when Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest over a counterfeit bill
Chauvin and fellow fired Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, 35, J
