Lawyers for Derek Chauvin, the disgraced Minneapolis cop convicted of murdering George Floyd back in 2020, have been granted permission to examine heart tissue and fluid samples taken from the victim's body.
US District Judge Paul Magnuson granted the motion Monday, after attorneys argued it was a heart condition that claimed the 46-year-old victim's life, and not Chauvin's knee on his neck.
The May 2020 encounter has since lived in infamy, sparking swift public outcry as Floyd had been an unarmed black man accused of a non-violent crime.
The North Carolina native had been suspected of using a fake $20 bill, leading to the fatal encounter with Chauvin and three other officers.
Attempting to restrain the man, Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck and back for what officials would later deem was 9 minutes and 29 seconds, fatally asphyxiating him in the process.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14198859/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-conviction-wins-permission.html
