ST. PAUL, Minn. – The white Minneapolis cop who choked a black man to death with a knee, Derek Chauvin, has lost an appeal of his 22-year murder conviction. The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the most serious murder conviction against Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd in 2020. The death fueled racial tensions and national protests against excessive policing. Chauvin had asked the appeals court to throw out his convictions for several reasons. These included massive pretrial publicity. Representing the state against Chauvin’s appeal, Neal Katyal, argued that Chauvin got “one of the most transparent and thorough trials in our nation’s history.”
Earlier: Chauvin update: $9 million to brutality victims
Earlier: Overzealous cop Chauvin to Arizona prison
Earlier: More prison for killer-cop Chauvin
Earlier: Judge OK’s Chauvin plea deal in civil case