Balanced News: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleads guilty in tax case

Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, has pleaded guilty to two counts of tax evasion. He admitted that he didn’t file Minnesota income taxes for two years due to “financial concerns.” Chauvin was sentenced to 13 months in prison on the tax charges, but he has already been incarcerated for longer than that and was given credit for time served. Floyd died after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee against the Black man’s neck for more than nine minutes. The killing, which was recorded on video by a bystander, sparked worldwide protests as part of a broader reckoning over racial injustice. Shortly after Floyd’s killing, Chauvin and his then-wife were charged with multiple counts for allegedly underreporting their income to the state of Minnesota and failing to file Minnesota tax returns. The complaints alleged that from 2014 to 2019, the Chauvins underreported their joint income by $464,433.