Derek Chauvin Requests Change of Venue After George Floyd Family Receives $27 Million From City
Defense lawyers for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin have requested a delay and a change of venue after news broke that the city paid George Floyd’s family a record breaking $27 million settlement.
The legal team put in the request on Monday out of concern that there is no way Chauvin will face a fair trial in the city.
The trial was in the middle of jury selection when news of the settlement hit the media. Seven jurors had already been chosen.
“I am gravely concerned with the news that broke on Friday related to the civil settlement,” Eric Nelson, Chauvin’s lawyer, told Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill. “The fact that this came in the exact middle of jury selection is perplexing to me,
