Minneapolis Police Officers Denounce Ex-Officer Chauvin

MINNEAPOLIS — A group of Minneapolis police officers is condemning the officer charged with murder in George Floyd’s death and say they're ready to back the police chief’s promised overhaul of the department.

Fourteen officers signed an open letter Thursday addressed to “Dear Everyone — but especially Minneapolis citizens.”

The letter said Officer Derek Chauvin “failed as a human” and “stripped George Floyd of his dignity and life.”

Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder in Floyd’s May 25 death for pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes as he lay handcuffed. The letter makes no mention of three other officers charged with aiding and abetting.

The officers signing the letter said they represent “hundreds” of other officers.