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Two Former Officers Involved in Floyd’s Death Are Not In-Laws

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Contrary to social media posts, Kellie Chauvin, the estranged wife of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, is not the sister of Tou Thao, another former officer involved in the events that led to Floyd’s death, according to Kellie Chauvin’s lawyer.

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A bogus claim that two of the police officers involved are related by marriage has been circulating online. It is just one of that have sprung up in the wake of the death and the protests that followed.

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