Should Officer Derek Chauvin be pardoned and released? Documentary with never-released footage and facts may provide the answer

Legal analysts and law enforcement officers with inside information on the death of George Floyd say that President Trump should pardon Officer Derek Chauvin .”The Fall of Minneapolis” documentary reveals evidence suggesting Chauvin’s conviction was unjust, including interviews with Chauvin and other officers claiming facts were manipulated to fit a narrative of police brutality, not the reality of George Floyd’s death.
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The film highlights that Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo may have committed perjury by misrepresenting training protocols, undermining the prosecution’s case that Chauvin’s actions violated department standards, as noted in officer testimonies never previously heard.
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Chauvin’s defense, supported by the documentary, argues Floyd’s death resulted from underlying health issues and drug use, not Chauvin’s knee restraint, a claim backed by autopsy findings showing fatal levels of fentanyl, challenging the narrative of murder.
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Recent developments, like Elon Musk’s March 2025 X post supporting Ben Shapiro’s call for a pardon and Trump’s own hints at revisiting high-profile cases, create a political opening for Trump to act, especially given the documentary’s exposure of a rushed trial amid 2020 riots.
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Pardoning Chauvin would correct what the documentary frames as a miscarriage of justice, driven by media pressure and public outrage, aligning with Trump’s pledge to restore law and order and counter what he calls the “woke movement’s” defining achievement, as Shapiro argued in his open letter to Trump.