MINNEAPOLIS — In a new book "Break the Wheel," released Tuesday, Attorney General Keith Ellison pulls back the curtain on the massive effort behind the pandemic-era prosecution of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.
From the morning on the edge of his bed when he first saw the bystander video of Floyd's in-custody murder on Memorial Day 2020, Ellison takes the reader through the work of assembling the trial team, bringing in consultants to help with jury selection and finding witnesses — through to the verdict and aftermath.
As horrific as the video was for most, Ellison explains how the guilty verdict was far from certainty. He wrote the book, he said, as a guide for the next police brutality case.
