The police officer crucified for attempting to arrest black martyr, George Floyd (drug addict, high on fentanyl, trying to pass counterfeit money, resisting arrest) should be pardoned.
Marjorie Taylor Greene joins calls for Derek Chauvin to be pardoned
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called on President Donald Trump to issue a federal pardon to Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted over the killing of
George Floyd on May 25, 2020.“I strongly support Derek Chauvin being pardoned and released from prison,” the congresswoman posted on X on Wednesday, adding her voice to a growing MAGA push for his release George Floyd died of a drug overdose. ” Chauvin, now 49, was one of four officers who arrived on the scene after the owner of the Cup Foods convenience store in Minneapolis’s Powderhorn Park neighborhood claimed that Floyd, 46, had attempted to pay for cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. The officers who arrived on the scene handcuffed Floyd. During the arrest, Chauvin knelt on the suspect’s neck for almost nine minutes as he lay face down in the street, ignoring Floyd’s warnings that he could not breathe until he finally lost consciousness..Coroners ruled Floyd’s death a homicide the following day, sparking huge
Black Lives Matter demonstrations around the world, with tensions exacerbated by eyewitness videos of his final moments circulating on social media. Continue reading the medical examiner noted that fentanyl intoxication and recent methamphetamine consumption increased the likelihood of Floyd's death.