s. police officer derek shelven has been sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for murdering george floyd. the judge said show inflicted particular cruelty on flight before his death. in may last year. video shelven kneeling on floyd's neck, sparked worldwide protests against racism. and police brutality. john henry reports from minneapolis for derrick jovan, his drawn the longest sentence for a convicted police officer in minnesota history for the murder of george floyd. as for cult one, the court committee to the coffee, the commissioner of corrections for a period of 270 months of 270. that is a tenure addition to the presumptive sentence of a $150.00. this is based on your abuse of a position of trust and authority and also the particular cruelty shown to george floyd. the $22.00 and a half years sentence was well under the 40 year maximum. but a decade over the state guideline of 12 and a half years, but floyd's family says it's still too short. we got justice, but not enough justice. the sentence marks the historic deterrent that civil rights leaders called a down payment on j

the sentencing hearing for former minneapolis police officer, derek shelven, who's facing sanderson sentencing in the death of george floyd. judge weighing a prison term expert say could be as much as 30 years. i want to bring in mary frances berry, 1st of all, she's a professor of american sort in history at the university of pennsylvania. she's also the former chair of the us commission on civil rights. she's been listening to all of this. joining us now from new orleans good to have you back. we heard of course, 1st of all the witness statements from members of george floyd's family. there was one particular one that i got the impression really resonated with you. it was his brother, karen's floyd. it was a very emotional speech, it was not a prepared speech, but he did say, we don't want to see more smacks on the rest. he said, because if it was as it would not have been an open and shut case, we would have been in jail and to my mind, tell me what you think that this is really what encapsulates the nature of this case. absolutely. given the event which we saw endlessly most of the world s

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or before learning about her sentence, derek shelven spoke briefly and express condolences to george floyd family. this time due to some additional legal matters at hand. i'm not able to give a full formal statement at this time. but, but for briefly though, i want to give mike and also for the family there's going to be some other information in the future that would be of interest . and i hope things will give you some some peace of mind. and kim, while george floyd's brother a chair and struggled with emotion as he addressed the cord. and he had a message for derek. jovan, i wanted to know from the man. so why what were you thinking? what was going to? yeah. well you had me on my brother's neck what. what when you, when you knew that he pose no threat any more? he was handcuffed white at least get up. why do you stay there? while describing showing sentence as historic, george floyd's family says the u. s. is one step closer to healing by delivering closure and accountability. but they say this case is exceptional, an accused the police of killing black people without consequence,

now, main story this out for us police off the derek shelven has been sentenced to $22.00 and it is in jail for the murder of george floyd 10 years more than, than the statutory guidelines shove and had been convicted of 2nd and 3rd degree murder and manslaughter and the united states will keep about 650 of its troops in afghanistan off to the right of it forces on withdrawn in response to taliban exclusive. he told al jazeera, if us troops do stay in place, it will be in breach of agreements, and that it has the right to respond to this. nearly a 160 people are still on, accounted for after a building, partially collapse in the us town of stuff, the side on thursday. at least 4 people have died and rescue is using heavy machines, dogs and their hands to sift through the rubble. cream had died, reports now from south side as they search for survivors after the collapse of the champlin towers, a sombre reality on friday of the magnitude of the destruction and emotional devastation. overnight emergency workers pulled several bodies from the rubble as the number of potentially missing peo

or the ne rather of derek show than when he lent on his neck with his knee for 9 minutes. aud. derek shelven, recently a couple of days ago, got 22 and a half years. you'll probably be out after $1414.00 and a half years when he was looking shocked when the sentence was handed down to him to perhaps over simplify this. he still didn't apologize in the courtroom. he literally turned round and in effect said to george floyd's family, i feel your pain. if that one police officer had said, sorry, would that have advanced this debate? i'm not sure that it was. and i have to say, i only feel that an apology should be made if it's meant. and so, you know, even when we talk about reprobation, you know, i think if you do not mean it, don't say it. and so if that's what he won't say, then you know, leave it to that basically if he de please not sorry. then i don't think he should have said it. i think, yeah, i think there are other things you know, don't force people to do things that they know that they, they have no intentions or have no emotion to do. but there are lots of things that we can start

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one of the officers derek shelven pressed his knee against floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. so i said multiple times, he could not breathe. it was take the hospital, it was pronounced dead about an hour later, death spot protest across the united states and led to a global outcry about racism and police brutality. when mary frances berry is a professor of american thought and history at the university of pennsylvania, she's also the former chair of the us commission on civil rights. and she's joining us now from new york. and thank you very much indeed for being with us. what do you think the supporters of black lives matter supporters of the floyd family would regard as justice in the sentencing of this case? well there, there is more ed stay than the actual sentence that children will get. everyone hopes that he will be punished to the full extent of the law and it looks like in minnesota that if you get something like 12 and a half and 15 years, that would be about what one would expect and not parole. and time served. that is, attorney is asking for which is ridiculous o

s. police officer, derek childrens jude, to be sentenced in the coming hours for the murder of george floyd. shelven was convicted in april after kneeling on floyd's neck for 9 and a half minutes. a crime, prosecutors say shocked the nation. when john henderson's outside the court in minneapolis for, as john one would imagine that the atmosphere in minneapolis is possibly as tense as it was when the case was originally heard. but what is it like there? it absolutely is chance. this is a city that, of course, went up in flames after this incident happened in may of 2020, and security here has been an issue, but you can see that they've taken down the security that we were accustomed to during the trial here, where there were fences all around the national guard was here. there doesn't seem to be that kind of concern right now, but the entire city is watching this trial. as, as much of the united states, derek children faces a maximum of 40 years in prison. the guidelines call for about 15 years, but there are aggravating circumstances. you can consider those exacerbating circumstances. this was done

coming up jails for the murder of george floyd, relatives say disgrace, former police officer derek shelven, should have got longer. 22 and a half years is not enough. we would serve the life film. we can't get doors best. in this 1st statement before the court show been offered floyd's family, his condolences the enduring mystery over and identify flying objects. u. s. government reports nearly 150 new sightings in a string of incidents stretching back decades with ah, i'm fairly welcome to the show. hopes are fading that any more survivors will be found in the rubble of a collapse. apartment complex and florida. reports are emerging about an engineer warning of major structural damage to the building 3 years ago. so far, officials have confirmed for deaths, but nearly 160 people are still missing. the make shift memorial has brung up in the southern side to the scores of people engulfed in the rubble of the collapsed apartment block. search and rescue teams are working around the clock, probing the way agonizingly slowly through the shifting mountain of debris. fire, burning deep beneath