Editing Derek Chauvin (section)

==Early life==
Derek Chauvin was born in 1976 and attended Park High School in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. Between his high school graduation, and joining the Minneapolis Police Department, in 2001, aged 25, he worked at McDonalds, worked as a security guard, and served two separate enlistments with the United States Army, where he was a military policeman.

He graduated from Metropolitan State University in 2006 with a degree in law enforcement.

He had been an officer in the Minneapolis Police Department since 2001. He won two medals of valor, one in 2006 for being part of a group of officers who opened fire on a stabbing suspect who pointed a shotgun at them, and another in 2008 for a domestic violence incident in which Chauvin broke down a bathroom door and shot a suspect in the stomach. He also won medals of commendation in 2008 after he and his partner tackled a fleeing suspect who had a pistol in his hand, and in 2009 for single-handedly apprehending a group of gang members.

Chauvin had 18 complaints on his official record, two of which ended in discipline from the department, including official letters of reprimand.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/minneapolis-protests-over-george-floyd-death-escalate-and-spread-11590676810 Justice Department Says George Floyd's Death a Priority], ''The Wall Street Journal''</ref> He had been involved in three police shootings, one of which was fatal. In one of these non-fatal shootings, that of Leroy Martinez in 2011, witnesses claimed that Martinez had his hands in the air when he was shot, but an investigation found that Chauvin and his fellow officers had acted appropriately.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj4wqq/another-story-derek-chauvin-police-brutality-minneapolis-before-george-floyd Here's Another Story of Police Brutality in Minneapolis Long Before George Floyd], ''Vice''</ref> According to the former owner of El Nuevo Rodeo, a Latin nightclub, Floyd and Chauvin had worked overlapping shifts as security guards at the club; Chauvin for 17 years and Floyd at about a dozen events. The former owner said it was not clear whether they knew each other but that she did not believe so. She also said Chauvin had sometimes used overaggressive tactics when dealing with black clientele, responding to fights by spraying the crowd with mace instead of dealing with those who were fighting.<ref>[https://apnews.com/69beaad97dcea2dce6c2184e0f5b5e4e Charged Minn. cop used 'overkill' tactics as nightclub guard], ''Associated Press''</ref>