By: BNC Digital Staff Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 270 months or 22.5 years for the murder of George Floyd. His lawyers were aiming for a lesser sentence like probation, but prosecutors sought a 30-year sentence. PREVIOUS: Derek Chauvin to Be Sentenced Friday for Murder of George Floyd Floyd was killed in May 2020 after officers with the Minneapolis Police Department confronted him for an alleged counterfeit $20 bill. The moments Chauvin placed his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes were widely circulated on social media due to video recorded by Darnella […]
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