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Ex-police officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22-1/2 years for George Floyd murder

Ex-police officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22-1/2 years for George Floyd murder

NICHOLAS PFOSI and JONATHAN ALLEN A Minnesota judge sentenced former police officer Derek Chauvin to 22-1/2 years in prison on Friday for the murder of George Floyd during an arrest in May 2020 on a Minneapolis sidewalk, video of which sparked global protests. A jury found Chauvin, 45, guilty on April 20 of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after a trial that was widely seen as a landmark in the history of U.S. policing. Before the sentence was handed down, Floyd's brothers told the court of their anguish, Chauvin's mother insisted on her son's innocence, and Chauvin…
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