MNNEAPOLIS — The cop whose 2020 choking death of George Floyd set off racial protests nationwide, wants a new trial. Derek Chauvin, age 48, is serving a 22-year prison sentence. In a 71-page legal brief, his attorney alleges there was false expert testimony at Chauvin’s trial. The issue is whether the “hobble” technique used by Chauvin to control Floyd was banned as Minneapolis police policy. The Chauvin argument also is that local hysteria worked against a fair trial. Only now, says the document, can the facts and evidence be viewed through a clear lens.
