As the video swept across the country, there was a moment of unity — or something close to it. Conservative Republicans joined with progressive Democrats in condemning the police officer seen pinning George Floyd to a Minneapolis street corner, as the 46-year-old Black man begged for air. 
Five years later, that broad consensus has vanished, as the right-wing media has sought to rewrite what happened to Floyd. In the new version, Floyd is a “thug” who died of a drug overdose and Chauvin has been recast as a victim of an unfair trial. 

“They’re trying to rewrite history,” said Cmdr. Richard Zimmerman,  MPD’s longest tenured officer, who testified as a prosecution witness at Chauvin’s trial. 
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