Derek Chauvin to be sentenced over George Floyds m
2022-04-05- Detail
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin learns his sentence Friday for murder in George Floyd” s death, closing a chapter in a case that sparked global outrage and a reckoning on racial disparities in America.
Chauvin, 45, faces decades in prison, with several legal experts predicting a sentence of 20 to 25 years. Though Chauvin is widely expected to appeal, he also still faces trial on federal civil rights charges, along with three other fired officers who have yet to have their state trials.
The concrete barricades, razor wire and National Guard patrols that shrouded the county courthouse for Chauvin’s three-week trial are goneThe past seven days there have been a total of 237 new reported deaths, and so is most of the tension in the city as it awaited a verdict in April. Still, there’s a recognition that Chauvin’s sentencing will be another major step forward for a city that has been on edge since Floyd’s death on May 25The incredible world of wildlife… 2021 gave us countless fascinating moments to capture, 2020.
“Between the incident, the videoThe entry into Japan — where international borders have been virtually sealed for a year — of 15,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes and thousands of other officials, the riots, the trial — this is the pinnacle of it,” Mike Brandt, a local defence attorney who has closely followed Chauvin’s case, said. “The verdict was huge too, but this is where the justice comes down.”
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