accomplished. attorney antonio ramanucci and attorney jeff storms. [ applause ] good afternoon, everyone. my name is tony romanucci. what we saw today was the final, the graph intersected, the perfect apex now between civil justice and criminal justice. what we now have today, we have proof that black lives matter, that they are valuable, and that when you violate policies, you re going to pay and you re going to pay a lot of money. and when you violate the law, you re going to get prosecuted and you re going to go to jail, and you re going to go to jail for a long time. and those two lines crossed today, and george floyd now equals justice on both civil and criminal. but the job isn t over. it s not over until we go state
0 for them. all right. our coverage also will continue. the breaking news, derek chauvin, former minneapolis police officer has now been sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of george floyd. our coverage continues now with jake tapper. this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with the breaking news in our national lead. just moments ago we heard former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin s sentence to 22 and a half years in prison for the second-degree murder of george floyd in may 2020. and announcing his sentence, the judge acknowledged the pain of the floyd family and their struggles over the last year. he also said his sentence was based solely on legal facts, not on emotion, not on sympathy, not on public opinion. prosecutors had asked for chauvin to serve at least 30 years, while chauvin s defense team argued that chauvin should get probation or a lighter sentence. chauvin, of course, was convicted on three charges in a