Former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to a prison term of 22 and a half years Friday on a murder charge stemming from the death of George Floyd in May 2020.The incident fueled unrest across the United States last summer after video showed the white officer kneeling for an extended period on the black man's neck.Chauvin, 45, stood trial at a district court in Minneapolis and was convicted by a jury in April of all three charges he faced -- second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.Sentencing Chauvin on the most serious charge…READ FULL ARTICLE
