Once Again, Derek Chauvin is Trying To Have his Conviction of George Floyd's Murder Overturned

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, serving time for the 2020 murder of George Floyd, appears via Zoom from a federal prison in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday, March 17, 2023.

In a predictable turn of events, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is making yet another attempt to overturn his federal civil rights conviction in the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Chauvin claims there’s new evidence that shows he wasn’t responsible for Floyd’s death.

On Monday, a motion filed in federal court reveals that Chauvin stated he wouldn’t have pleaded guilty 2021 if he knew about a certain theory of a Kansas pathologist to whom he started talking in February.

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The pathologist did not examine Floyd’s body but looked at autopsy reports. Chauvin also said that in 2021, Schaetzel contacted his trial attorney, Eric Nelson, in addition to the judge and prosecution in his state court murder trial. He contends that Nelson never alerted him to the pathologist’s theory.

On May 25, 2020, Chauvin killed Floyd by placing his knee on his neck during an arrest. The tragic incident, which was recorded by bystanders, lasted for nine and a half minutes. In one video, Floyd and be heard saying “I can’t breathe.” His death sparked police brutality protests all across the country.

Chauvin pleaded guilty to a separate federal civil rights charge after being convicted by the state.

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