DA Fitzpatrick: Derek Chauvin trial ‘changed the narrative about policing in America’ Updated Apr 20, 2021; Posted Apr 20, 2021 Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said the conviction of Derek Chauvin has changed the narrative about policing in America. Here, he shares details about a murder at Skyline Apartments in March. Katrina Tulloch Facebook Share “It has changed the narrative about policing in America,” Fitzpatrick said Tuesday. Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes last May 25 after Floyd, 46, was arrested on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20 bill for a pack of cigarettes at a corner market. The former officer, who was handcuffed in the courtroom and taken to jail after the verdict, could now be sent to prison for decades.