Well this is odd.. Turns out George Floyd and Derek Chauvin worked at the same place, (El Nuevo Rodeo), a Latin night club on Lake Street. Chances are they probably knew each other too, though that’s not confirmed.
| George Floyd and Derek Chauvin both worked security at El Nuevo Rodeo during same time |
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A former club owner in south Minneapolis says the now-fired police officer and the black man who died in his custody this week both worked security for her club up to the end of last year.
George Floyd and now-former Officer Derek Chauvin both worked security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club on Lake Street, according to Maya Santamaria. Santamaria owned the building for nearly two decades, but sold the venue within the last few months.
“Chauvin was our off-duty police for almost the entirety of the 17 years that we were open,” Santamaria said. “They were working together at the same time, it’s just that Chauvin worked outside and the security guards were inside.”
5 INVESTIGATES has reached out to Chauvin’s attorney and the Minneapolis Police Department, but they could not be reached for comment at the time this story was published.