Chauvin sentencing caps tumult since George Floyd's death
More than a year of tumult that followed George Floyd's death under Derek Chauvin's knee culminates on June 25 when the former Minneapolis police officer hears his sentence for murder.
Associated Press
June 25, 2021 / 02:04 PM IST
More than a year of tumult that followed George Floyd's death under Derek Chauvin's knee culminates on June 25 when the former Minneapolis police officer hears his sentence for murder. (Image: AP)
In this April 20, 2021 photo, from video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is taken into custody as his attorney Eric Nelson, left, watches, after his bail was revoked after he was found guilty on all three counts in his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis. (Image: AP)
Floyd died after Chauvin pinned him for about 9 and a half minutes after police were summoned to a report of a man passing a counterfeit bill at a grocery store. A teenage bystander's cellphone video carried the agony of Floyd's death around the world, and the outrage was immediate, with thousands of protesters taking to the streets for demonstrations. (Image: AP)
Many were peaceful but violence and arson marred several desperate nights in the first week after Floyd's death, including the burning of the 3rd Precinct station that was home to the four officers charged in Floyd's death. (Image: AP)
In this April 20, 2021 photo, people rally outside the courthouse in Minneapolis, after the guilty verdicts were announced in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. (Image: AP)
Sentencing on June 25 won't be the last word on the upheaval that followed Floyd's death. Chauvin is likely to appeal his state sentence. The other three fired officers still face state charges, and all four are charged with federal civil rights violations and the city of Minneapolis continues to wrestle with whether and how to remake its police department. (Image: AP)