The Latest Breaking News from George Floyd

PHILADELPHIA — In response to the city's ongoing gun violence crisis and the shooting of two police officers at an Independence Day celebration, leaders in Philadelphia's City Council this week said it was time to reexamine the controversial police tactic known as stop-and-frisk.

Arizona’s governor has signed a law that restricts how the public can video police at a time when there’s growing pressure around the country for greater law enforcement transparency

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The former US officer will serve the sentence concurrently with his murder sentence

Former police officer Derek Chauvin tells George Floyd's children to become "good adults" but shows no remorse as he stares down 21 years in prison.

The ex Minneapolis cop did not offer an apology to Floyd’s family

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge sentenced Derek Chauvin on Thursday to more than 20 years in prison for violating the civil rights of George Floyd and a Black Minneapolis teen, extending the term he is already serving on state murder charges for killing Floyd in 2020.

Chauvin has been serving a separate, 22.5-year sentence for murder and manslaughter charges for the murder of George Floyd.

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, a move that adds a few years to the time the former Minneapolis police officer is already serving for his murder conviction while transferring him to federal custody.