By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated July 8, 2022
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to just more than 20 years in prison Thursday for violating George Floyd’s civil rights when he knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes while detaining him in 2020. The sentencing comes about seven months after Chauvin pleaded guilty to violating Floyd’s rights, according to NBC News.
“U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sharply criticized
