20 years for violating the constitutional rights of George Floyd

20 years for violating the constitutional rights of George Floyd

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White police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Thursday to more than 20 years in prison by the United States federal justice system for having asphyxiated the African-American George Floyd with his knee in May 2020. 

The 46-year-old former agent had previously been sentenced to 22½ years in prison by the Minnesota state court, but he is appealing the sentence. 

The concurrent federal sentence is, for its part, final since it results from a plea agreement.