Chauvin pleaded guilty to violating George Floyd's civil rights and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.
Chauvin was sentenced by US District Judge Paul Magnuson for kneeling on someone until they expired.
A state jury found Chauvin guilty of violating police policy and training when he pinned his knee on Floyd's neck and killed him.
His state sentence will be concurrent with his federal sentence.
Chauvin was sentenced to 20 to 25 years after pleading guilty to federal charges.
The maximum sentence for the police veteran should be 25 years, according to prosecutors. Chauvin's lawyer, Eric Nelson, asked the judge for a minimum 20-year sentence, saying that he wouldn't be a police officer anymore.
Some of Floyd's family were in the room when Chauvin spoke.
He wished them good luck in their lives.
The victim impact statements were delivered by Floyd's brother and girlfriend.
Philonese Floyd said that her brother was murdered with a knee to his neck. We won't get George back, the family and I have been given life sentences.
Floyd and Courteney wanted to open a restaurant together. She said that she did not hate Chauvin. I'm trying to forgive you.
Carolyn Pawlenty said her son did not intend to kill anyone that day and that the Minneapolis Police Department failed to back their own. She requested that Chauvin be sentenced to a federal prison in Minnesota or Iowa so that his family could be near him.
Floyd's murder, which was recorded by bystanders in a video that went viral, set off a revolution against police brutality and racism.
Floyd's civil rights were violated by the three former police officers who were with Chauvin. The state trial was supposed to be held in June this year.
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