Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin faces the prospect of a lengthier prison sentence after a judge this week agreed with prosecutors that he abused his position of authority while arresting George Floyd last year. It has been proven beyond reasonable doubt that Chauvin used unreasonable force in restraining Floyd on the ground outside Cup Foods, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled in a May 11 order made public on Wednesday, citing how jurors convicted Chauvin of three counts, including second-degree murder. Cahill also sided with the prosecution in agreeing that Chauvin treated Floyd “with particular cruelty,” that children were present during the time Chauvin was kneeling on Floyd’s neck and back, and that Chauvin committed the crime as a group with the active participation of at least three other persons. It has not been proven that Floyd was particularly vulnerable, according to the ruling. Eric Nelson, Chauvin’s attorney, did not …