Defense witness for George Floyd murderer appears in pro-Trump ad
Preserve America PAC, a pro-Trump group, appears to specialize in first-person accounts by people allegedly wronged by Vice President Kamala Harris.
We previously looked at an ad featuring a woman whose son was killed by an undocumented immigrant in Texas — when Harris was district attorney for San Francisco. The new ad features a former police officer who says he was injured in the riots that erupted after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd. A similar ad, which features a police officer identified only as “Paul,” attacks her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, for his handling of the situation.
These types of ads can be effective because personal testimony seems authentic. But, as the ad with the grieving mother does, Creighton makes misleading claims about Harris. The ad also does not mention that he was the first defense witness to testify for police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering Floyd and sentenced to 22½ years in prison.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/16/defense-witness-george-floyd-murderer-appears-pro-trump-ad/