Former Officer Derek Chauvin Breaks Silence In First Interview From Prison

Chauvin's comments were made during an interview for a new documentary titled "The Fall of Minneapolis," which re-examines Floyd's death, Chauvin's prosecution, and the global reaction to the event, according to the Daily Mail.

Chauvin criticized the emergency medical service response time to the scene, describing it as "not normal." He claimed that it took an entire 20 minutes for EMTs to arrive, despite the proximity of an ambulance bay just eight blocks away.

The documentary, produced by journalist Liz Collin, seeks to shed light on what she perceives as a hasty judgment in the case, largely propelled by Democratic government officials. This rush to judgment, she argues, sparked the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests.

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Collin faced backlash for her coverage of the riots following Floyd's death in 2020, due to her marriage to the then-chief of Minneapolis' police union. At one point, her home was surrounded by hostile individuals demanding her termination.

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November 21, 2023

The documentary also suggests that the FBI may have altered Floyd's autopsy to imply that Chauvin killed him by pressing on his neck, despite the original report not mentioning asphyxiation. Chauvin repeatedly states in the film that he and other officers were trained to use the Maximal Restraint Technique (MRT). His mother also presents training manuals featuring images of police officers kneeling on a suspect's shoulder blade to restrain them.

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Alex Chueng, another officer imprisoned following the incident, urged people to watch the film and learn from it. "Prison is a very unique experience, one I never thought I'd see myself in...But it's very easy to get caught up in a lot of self-wallowing, a lot of whatever thoughts you have in your own head," Chueng said.

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He added, "This isn't the end and this won't define me. What's been done is done and I just hope that at the very least in the future people keep an open mind and not let instances like this happen." Chueng further implored people to use his case as a lesson not to rush to judgment, fall prey to race-baiting, or let the media dictate narratives.

This development comes as the Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would not hear an appeal Chauvin filed against his second-degree murder conviction. The court did not provide a reason for its decision.