Minneapolis agrees to pay almost $9M to settle lawsuits involving Derek Chauvin

The city of Minneapolis on Thursday agreed to pay roughly $8.9 million to settle two lawsuits involving former police officer Derek Chauvin, who was charged with killing George Floyd in 2020. In the lawsuits — which stemmed from 2017 arrests — two people alleged that Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks years before the same tactic was fatal during his arrest of Floyd. The city announced that John Pope will receive $7.5 million and Zoya Code will receive $1.375 million. “He should have been fired in 2017. He should...