George Floyd Officer Trial
New York (77WABC) – Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd. The punishment handed out Friday fell short of the 30 years that prosecutors requested.
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The judge cited the reasoning behind the sentencing as an “abuse of a position of trust and authority and also the particular cruelty” against Floyd.
Chauvin spoke briefly because of what he called “some additional legal matters at hand”, a possible reference to his upcoming federal civil rights trial.
Chauvin could be paroled after serving two-thirds, or 15 years of his sentence.
