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A Facebook post claims former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is a crisis actor using a fake name. Verdict: False There is no evidence Chauvin is a crisis actor. Court records and his Minneapolis Police Department personnel file identify him as having the last name Chauvin. Fact Check: A jury found Chauvin guilty April 20 of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in connection to George Floyd’s May 25, 2020 death, according to CNN . Video footage from a bystander showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd for nine minutes and 29 seconds , the outlet reported . Now, an April 21 Facebook post featuring an image showing definitions of the word chauvinism in several dictionaries claims Chauvin is a crisis actor. Derek ‘Chauvin’ is a fake name, the post states. He’s a crisis actor, and his last name was chosen for a reason. We are being continually played by this psyop. (RELATED: Is North Carolina Murder Suspect Dejywan Floyd The Younger Brother Of George Floyd?) Contrary to these claims, there is no evidence that Chauvin previously went by a different surname or worked as a crisis actor . Chauvin’s personnel file published on the Minneapolis government website shows his name signed as Derek Chauvin as early as 2001, when he was hired as a police officer for the Minneapolis Police Department. His full name, Derek Michael Chauvin, also appears in the Minnesota court documents for his trial. Had Chauvin previously gone by a different name or been an actor, it is likely media outlets would have reported on it, yet none have, except to debunk the claims. Additionally, both a May 2008 Pioneer Press article and an August 2011 Star Tribune report identify Chauvin by name as a police officer. Chauvin is scheduled to be sentenced on June 16 this year, according to CNBC .
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