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Liam Buckler

George Floyd's police officer killer argues he didn't have fair trial in appeal

George Floyd's killer Derek Chauvin is set to appeal his jail sentence after he claimed he was deprived of a fair trial.

The white former Minneapolis police officer pinned Floyd to the ground with his knee on his neck for nine and a half minutes - and now he has asked his lawyers to launch an appeal to throw out his conviction.

The 46-year-old's lawyers argue that numerous legal and procedural errors deprived him of a fair trial - despite a bystander video capturing Floyd's fading cries of "I can't breathe."

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