dennis chavez has been sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of george floyd sentencing over there in minneapolis, judge peter k. hill said he bases that decision on mister sharp and abuse of his position and the cruelty showed to his victim. oh, the sword family lawyer held the sentence as a turning point for racial justice in the u. s. so i have my straight to minneapolis, dw correspondence stephan simons, welcome stephan took us through some of the reactions to these 22 and a half year sentence. as i speak to you, there's still a press conference going onto my side here from the legal team of the floyd family . and reverend al sharpton. and of course, members of the floyd family, 2 brothers and nephew. now here it's where it's getting a little complicated. yes, you're absolutely right. the flight family said that they are that this is a breakthrough when it comes to what was real to before. there was never ever a case in minneapolis and a police officer who was convicted to that amount of years in prison. now having said that, that is, everybody acknowledges this historic.