Elon Musk claims George Floyd’s convicted killer should be ‘free’

Derek Chauvin (left) has been in prison for years now (Picture: GETTY/AP)

Elon Musk has claimed that Derek Chauvin, the man who was convicted of murdering George Floyd, should be ‘free’.

On May 25, 2020, after a shopkeeper claimed that Floyd had paid for cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill, Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds.

Three other police officers watched as George said ‘I can’t breathe’ more than 20 times, called out for his late mother and asked that his kids be told that he loved them.

In the 46-year-old’s final moments, George told Derek: ‘I’m about to die.’ He still didn’t move.

The heartbreaking footage led to a m...