Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, sentenced in 2021 for murdering George Floyd, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years and 5 months in prison on separate federal charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights during the deadly May 2020 arrest, local news channel KSTP-TV reported.
Chauvin, who pleaded guilty to the federal charges in December, is already serving a 22 1/2-year sentence in a Minnesota prison for Floyd’s murder after a state court trial last year. The federal sentence will run concurrently.
US District Judge Paul Magnuson announced the sentence in St. Paul, Minnesota. Chauvin’s decision to plead guilty prevented a second criminal trial for him.
Chauvin, 46, who is white, admitted he violated Floyd’s right not to face “unreasonable capture” by kneel on man’s neck black handcuffed for more than 9 minutes, which was captured on cell phone video.
death caused protests in many cities of the United States and the world against police brutality and racism.
At his state trial last year, Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree intentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. People sentenced to prison for serious crimes in Minnesota are generally released on parole after serving two-thirds of their sentence.
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