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Accountability on the policy level so hopefulie we can prevent future injustices like george floyd, breonna taylor, jacob blake, jr., like stephon clark and alton sterling and philando castile, like jefferson, the list goes on and on. we want to have this accountability so preferably it can prevent us losing our children unjustly to the very people who are supposed to protect and serve them. >> mr. crump, i'm out of time. very, very quickly though, i know we might be seeing some victim impact statements as they're called ahead of the sentencing. is it possible we could hear from george floyd's...

Typical sentence. this should be a sentence that sends a message that is not allowed for the police to brutalize black people and other marginalized people and just because they have the authority to use necessary force and that is what this is about. the whole world is watching, this could be a turning point for america to where we could get accountability, and in the civil matter for a black life accountability on the criminal level and then we want to get accountability on the policy level with the george floyd justice in policing act. so his family is completely focused on being able to he...

Criminal level. but we need accountability on the policy level. so we say to the united states senate, passed the george floyd justice in policing immediately! immediately! immediately! at this time i give you one of the finest attorneys in the united states of america. i have had the pleasure of being with a team of lawyers reverend al, was second to none. and each of them worked tirelessly day and night from every corner of america, working on behalf of george floyd's family. and there is no way we could get to this point where we are on thisjourney we could get to this point where we are on...

The policy level. so, we say to the united states senate, pass the george floyd justice and policing act immediately! [ applause ] immediately! at this time i give you one of the finest attorneys in the united states of america. i have had the pleasure of being with a team of lawyers who are second to none, and each of them work tirelessly day and night from every corner of america working on behalf of george floyd's family. and there is no way we could get to this point where we had on this journey to justice without all our brothers and sisters, madeline simmons, michelle

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 ackno...