Black Lives Matter: Cop who killed George Floyd gets 22.5 years in prison
Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, a Black man, was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison Friday.
Chauvin, 45, was convicted in April of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck for up to 9.5 minutes as the 46-year-old Floyd gasped that he could not breathe and went limp.
Chauvin, 45, was convicted in April of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck for up to 9.5 minutes as the 46-year-old Floyd gasped that he could not breathe and went limp.