Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, is requesting a new trial based on allegations of false testimony that got him convicted, according to court documents.
Chauvin, 49, is serving a 22-and-a-half-year sentence after he was convicted of second-degree murder in April 2021, nearly one year after Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020. Footage of the incident, which quickly went viral online, showed Chauvin using his knee to pin Floyd’s neck to the ground. Chauvin’s knee remained on his neck for nearly 10 minutes.
