Tag: chauvin
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Killer cop, Chauvin gets 22.5 years in prison for George Floyd’s death
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced 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…
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George Floyd: Biden, Obama, Boris Johnson, other world leaders react to conviction of Chauvin
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the murder conviction of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd a “step forward” but said such a verdict was much too rare in a country plagued by systemic racism. “This can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in America,”…