ST. PAUL: A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd‘s civil rights, telling the former Minneapolis police officer that what he did was “simply wrong” and “offensive.”
US District Judge Paul Magnuson sharply criticized Chauvin for his actions on May 25, 2020, when the white officer pinned Floyd to the pavement outside a Minneapolis corner store for more than 9 minutes as the Black man lay dying. Floyd‘s killing sparked…
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