Derek Chauvin, MPD Officers and City of Minneapolis Named in Two Police Misconduct Lawsuits Filed by Robins Kaplan LLP

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today national law firm Robins Kaplan LLP filed two lawsuits against former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) Officer Derek Chauvin, seven additional MPD officers, and the City of Minneapolis, on behalf of Minnesota residents John Pope and Zoya Code. The complaints allege police misconduct, use of excessive force, and racial discrimination from incidents dating back to 2017, three years before Chauvin murdered George Floyd, and using many of the same tactics empl