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Inside The Courtroom At Derek Chauvin's Sentencing

NPR

By Adrian Florido

Published June 25, 2021 at 4:16 PM EDT

On Friday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years for the murder of George Floyd.

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Adrian Florido is a national correspondent for NPR covering race and identity in America.

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