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MINNEAPOLIS Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will face continued isolation in prison during his incarceration for murdering George Floyd. Chauvin was sentenced Friday afternoon in Hennepin County District Court to 22 1/2 years in prison. Jurors convicted Chauvin, 45, on April 20 of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for .
One of George Floyd's brothers, Philonise Floyd, said Friday that the 22 1/2-year sentence issued for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin amounted to a "slap on the wrist," but added that people should appreciate that the man charged with murdering his brother got "some time." In an interview with MSNBC's Joy Reid, Philonise Floyd, who was joined by civil rights attorney Ben Crump, expressed gratitude for the sentence against.
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN
George Floyd’s family as well as activists and elected officials said Friday that Derek Chauvin’s sentencing was a rare moment of accountability following a deadly police encounter.
Bridgett Floyd, Floyd’s sister and founder of the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, said the 22-and-a-half year prison sentence signals that police brutality is “finally being taken seriously.”
“However, we have a long way to go and many changes to make before Black and Brown people finally feel like they are being treated fairly and humanely by law enforcement in this country,” she said in a statement.