MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday upheld the most serious murder conviction against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd.
Chauvin is serving a 22 1/2-year sentence on the second-degree murder count. His attorney had asked the appeals court to throw out the ex-officer’s convictions for several reasons, including the massive pretrial publicity. He also argued that legal and procedural errors deprived Chauvin of a fair trial. Prosecutors say Chauvin got a fair trial and just sentence.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's second-degree murder conviction for the May 2020 killing of George Floyd. A three-judge panel also affirmed Chauvin's 22 1/2-year sentence. His attorney had asked the appeals court to throw out all of his...
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Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, used his knee to pin the Black man’s neck to the ground for 9 1/2 minutes. A bystander video captured Floyd’s fading cries of “I can’t breathe.” Floyd’s death touched off
protests around the world, some of which turned violent, and forced a national reckoning with police brutality and racism.
Now the Racist Ass Hat MAGA MAGGOTS will begin shouting unfair trial. Media's Fault.
Fuck that murdering White Nationalist Piece of Shit.