George Floyd death: Ex-police officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison
Floyd s family members and others were disappointed with the verdict as the sentence fell short of the 30 years prosecutors had requested.
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MINNEAPOLIS: Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations.
The punishment, which came after Chauvin broke his yearlong silence to offer condolences to the Floyd family and express hope that they eventually have some peace of mind , is one of the longest prison terms ever imposed on a US police officer in the killing of a Black person.
The admission is an exposure of the city’s Democratic Party establishment, which postured as a critic of the Trump administration during the protests, but also oversaw police attacks on them.
Суд в американском штате Миннесота приговорил бывшего полицейского Дерека Шовина к 22,5 годам тюрьмы за убийство афроамериканца Джорджа Флойда.
Гибель Флойда в мае прошлого года стала символом расовой несправедливости и привела к массовым протестам в сотнях городов США под лозунгом "Жизни.
General Refused Trump Demand To Shoot Racial Justice Protesters
Reprinted with permission from Alternet
Former President Donald Trump wanted the military to take aggressive action against protesters following the disturbing death of George Floyd. A new book documents the former president s disturbing demands to quell the protests.
In the new book,
Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost,
Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender details the series of events that led to Trump s downfall.At one point in the book, he also discusses the nationwide protests that erupted following Floyd s death. According to Bender, Trump allegedly wanted physical harm to be brought against protesters and even suggested that they be shot.
Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades.