Prosecutor who charged Derek Chauvin in George Floyd death sold Minneapolis home amid protest security concern

The prosecutor who first charged former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death was forced to sell his home and upped security measures after crowds of hundreds to over a thousand protesters repeatedly showed up at his doorstep last summer.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison quickly took over prosecution for the case, but large crowds maintained their presence outside Freeman’s home in Minneapolis he owned for 13 years. Amid a barrage of public criticism communicated via email, phone calls and social media, Hennepin County spent about $19,000 in salary and overtime costs for sheriff's deputies to provide security for Freeman between May 27 and early June 2020, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported, citing the county attorney's office and financial records obtained by the newspaper.