A grand jury has indicted Derek Chauvin, as well as the three other former Minneapolis police officers involved in the fatal arrest of George Floyd, for violating the unarmed Black man's civil rights.
Per ABC News, the indictment claims that recently convicted Chauvin, along with Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane denied Floyd his civil rights on May 25, 2020.
They are accused of depriving him of his urgent need for medical care, and it is alleged that they "willfully failed to aid Floyd, thereby acting with deliberate indifference to a substantial risk of harm."
Chauvin, who was convicted on all charges as part of last month's trial, has now been charged with one count of deprivation of rights under color of law for his role in Floyd's death a year ago.
The indictment said, per the outlet: "Chauvin held his left knee across George Floyd's neck, and his right knee on Floyd's back and arm, as George Floyd lay on the ground, handcuffed and unresisting, and kept his knees on Floyd's neck and body even after Floyd became unresponsive.
"This offense resulted in bodily injury to, and the death of George Floyd."
As well as this indictment, Chauvin has been accused in a separate indictment filed on Thursday, May 6, for deprivation of rights under color of law for allegedly undermining the civil rights of a 14-year-old back in 2017.
The indictment said "Chauvin, without legal justification, held" the teen "by the throat and struck Juvenile 1 multiple times in the head with a flashlight."
The ex-cop is also accused of holding "his knee on the neck and the upper back of Juvenile 1 even after Juvenile 1 was lying prone, handcuffed, and unresisting."
Thao and Kueng are have been charged separately in count two of the indictment for denying Floyd his civil rights, with the federal grand jury alleging that they were "aware that [Chauvin] was holding his knee across George Floyd's neck as Floyd lay handcuffed and unresisting.
"And that Defendant Chauvin continued to hold Floyd to the ground even after Floyd became unresponsive, and the defendants willfully failed to intervene to stop Defendant Chauvin's use of unreasonable force."
Following Chauvin's conviction last month, the three other officers involved in Floyd's fatal arrest are awaiting trial over the role they played in his death.