Elon Calls for Derek Chauvin to Be Freed After Being ‘Unjustly Convicted of Murder’

Elon Musk said on Wednesday that the police officer accused of killing George Floyd in May 2020 needs to be freed from custody after he was wrongly convicted of murder.

The Tesla and SpaceX head argued that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin did not receive a fair trial and that he is a political prisoner.

“Derek Chauvin was unjustly convicted of murder, therefore he should be freed,” Musk wrote on his page. “The facts show that he was not the cause of death, nor did he at any time intend for a death to occur.”

Musk concl...