Jury selection was put on hold Monday in the murder trial against Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck until the Black man’s heart stopped beating.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals is deliberating whether to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin, the police officer in Minneapolis involved in the killing of George Floyd.
A prosecutor from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison s office argued that the presiding district court judge abused his discretion by dropping the third-degree murder charge against Chauvin. This happened during a virtual hearing on Monday, according to an ABC News report.
Chauvin currently faces second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges in relation to the May 25 killing of 46-year-old George Floyd. The former police officer did not attend Monday s hearing. We will . issue an expedited decision as soon as possible, appreciating that the trial in this matter is supposed to start one week from today, Appellate Judge Michelle A. Larkin was quoted in a report.
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