An attorney for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, has asked a Minnesota judge to overturn the state charges against him, arguing that he was deprived a fair trial in a high-profile case surrounded by an international movement against police violence.
Chauvin is serving a 22-year sentence after a jury found him guilty of second-degree and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for pinning Floyd to the ground with his knee on his neck for nine and a half minutes on 25 May, 2020.
