A federal judge has turned down the federal government’s bid to stop Derek Chauvin from examining George Floyd’s heart tissue.
“The Court is not persuaded by the Government’s arguments, which provide no compelling reason that the Court should change its previous determination,” U.S. District Judge Paul A. Magnuson said in a two-page order filed on Dec. 19.
The order granting Chauvin’s motion to examine Floyd’s heart tissue will stand, he said.
Magnuson earlier in the week ruled that Chauvin can test substances preserved from Floyd’s autopsy, including his blood and heart tissue. Chauvin is attempting to prove the theory that Floyd’s death was not related to the restraint he applied to the man in Minnesota in May 2020….