{"id":24137,"date":"2021-06-25T22:04:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T22:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=24137"},"modified":"2021-06-25T22:04:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T22:04:12","slug":"just-in-derek-chauvin-sentenced-to-22-5-years-in-death-of-george-floyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=24137","title":{"rendered":"Just In: Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in death of George Floyd \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, was sentenced Friday to 22 and half years in prison.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chauvin, in a light gray suit and tie and white shirt, spoke briefly before the sentence was imposed, offering his \u201ccondolences to the Floyd family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the intersection of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street in Minneapolis, where Floyd took his last breaths, people watched the hearing on mobile phones. Floyd\u2019s sister, Bridgett, who founded the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, said in a statement that the sentence \u201cshows that matters of police brutality are finally being taken seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, 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,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Floyd family attorney Ben Crump, in a statement, said the \u201chistoric sentence\u201d brings the family and nation \u201cone step closer to healing by delivering closure and accountability.\u201d \u201cWith Chauvin\u2019s sentence, we take a significant step forward \u2014 something that was unimaginable a very short time ago,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After members of Floyd\u2019s family delivered victim impact statements, Chauvin stepped to the lectern beside his lawyer and said, \u201cI want to give my condolences to the Floyd family.\u201d He said he could not say more because of pending legal matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentencing hearing opened with victims\u2019 impact statements, including an emotional video from Floyd\u2019s seven-year-old daughter, Gianna, who wore a bow wrapped around her hair. \u201cI ask about him all the time,\u201d the little girl said, responding to questions about her dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI miss you and I love you,\u201d she said when asked what she would tell her father. Chauvin, in a light gray suit, white shirt and&nbsp;tie,&nbsp;wore a mask as he listened from the defense table. Floyd\u2019s two brothers and a nephew spoke about the birthday parties, graduations and other family milestones that he will miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philonise Floyd said he has nightmares in which he hears his brother pleading for his life and calling out for their mother. He said he relives the video of his brother \u201cbeing tortured to death\u201d by Chauvin and the smirk on the former cop\u2019s face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy family and I have been given a life sentence. We will never get George back,\u201d he said. Philonise wiped tears from his eyes as he spoke about Gianna. Terrence Floyd, another brother, struggled to speak as he asked for the maximum penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to see no more slaps on the wrist,\u201d nephew Brandon Williams said. \u201cWe been through that already \u2014 in my community, in my culture.\u201d Carolyn Pawlenty, Chauvin\u2019s mother, also grew emotional as she described him as her favorite son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said the happiest moments in her life were when Chauvin was born and when she&nbsp;pinned his badge on his uniform for the first time. \u201cDerek, I want you to know I\u2019ve always believed in your innocence, and I will never waver from that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chauvin\u2019s post-verdict motion for a new trial was denied by a judge hours before the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill ruled Thursday night that Chauvin \u201cfailed to demonstrate \u2026 the Court abused its discretion or committed error such that Defendant was deprived of his constitutional right to a fair trial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cahill also ruled that Chauvin failed to demonstrate prosecutorial or juror misconduct. Defense attorneys had argued that \u201cerrors, abuses of discretion, prosecutorial and jury misconduct\u201d made the trial unfair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/25\/us\/derek-chauvin-sentencing-george-floyd\/index.html\"><strong>CNN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Send your news stories to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, was sentenced Friday to 22 and half years in prison. 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