Derek Chauvin, the racist police officer that murdered George Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison on Friday afternoon for the murder of George Floyd last May.
Handed down by Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill, the sentence was greater than what legal experts predicted.
“Determining the appropriate sentence in any case, and in this case, is a legal analysis. It's applying the rule of law to the facts of an individual and specific case,” Cahill said from the Hennepin County courthouse just after 2:30 p.m.