# US Congressman Thanedar rips into Musk over Chauvin remark 2026-08-21T03:32:04+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet US Representative Shri Thanedar (Michigan) on Tuesday slammed Elon Musk for posting that Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was innocent and should be freed. 'No wonder your kids hate you,' Thanedar wrote on X, adding that Musk is a 'racist ketamine-fueled apartheid baby' wanting to turn America into a 'white supremacist state.' Musk had posted on 19 August that Chauvin was 'unjustly convicted' because 'he was not the cause of death' and 'did not at any time intend for a death to occur.' Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020 by kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes. He has been in federal prison since 2021. This is Chauvin's third attempt to dismiss state murder charges, previous petitions were denied. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The exchange comes as Chauvin's third attempt to dismiss state murder charges is pending in Minnesota courts. The 2020 conviction was state-level, while Chauvin also pleaded guilty to federal civil rights violations in 2021. Thanedar, a first-term Democratic congressman from Michigan, represents a heavily African-American district. Musk's comments revive a politically charged debate around policing and race in America, with Musk having previously voiced support for law enforcement narratives. Chauvin's state appeal was denied, and a federal sentence of 22.5 years remains in effect. The next decision will be on his latest dismissal petition. ## Coverage - theprint.in Leads with Thanedar's personal attack on Musk, then quotes Musk's full defence of Chauvin, no official US or Indian government angle, no counter-balance from other lawmakers This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Derek Chauvin, Elon Musk, George Floyd, Shri Thanedar Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/us-congressman-thanedar-rips-into-musk-over-chauvin-remark/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/us-congressman-thanedar-rips-into-musk-over-chauvin-remark/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/