Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was on Thursday sentenced by a federal court judge to serve 21 years in prison for violating the civil rights of convicted felon George Floyd.
Chauvin pleaded guilty to the federal civil rights charges in December 2021. Prosecutor LeeAnn Bell sought a full 25-year sentence, to be served concurrently with his 22-and-a-half-year sentence for his state convictions of murder and manslaughter.
Bell told the judge that Chauvin “wasn’t a rookie” and had admitted that “his conduct was wrong and he did it anyway.”
In handing down his sentence, U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson opted for the low end of the plea agreement….