St. Paul attorney Paul Applebaum, who is following the case but isn’t directly involved, doesn’t think Lane’s motion to dismiss charges has much chance to succeed. But that the motion did advance alternative narratives about what happened to Floyd.
“For months now, for these officers, it’s just been an avalanche of bad publicity,” Applebaum said. “It got a lot of information out there and video that was not available to the public. So there are a lot of people now who are saying, ‘You know what, I don’t think we knew the whole story.’”
Ex-cops’ attorneys attribute Floyd’s death to drugs, foreshadowing central theme at trial
Jon Collins, MPR News
Ex-Cops’ Attorneys Attribute Floyd’s Death to Drugs, Foreshadowing Central Theme at Trial
