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A court filing Monday indicates that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will plead guilty Wednesday in the federal civil rights case related to his killing of George Floyd, whose death set off protests and demands for reform of police departments nationwide in 2020.

Chauvin, who is white, was convicted in April of Minnesota state charges of murder and manslaughter at a trial for Floyd’s killing. He was sentenced in July to 22-and-a-half years in prison.
 
Weeks after his conviction, federal prosecutors obtained a criminal indictment of Chauvin and three other Minneapolis cops for violating the civil rights of the 46-year-old Floyd during a May 2020 arrest for using a counterfeit bill in a purchase.