The federal sentence is being served concurrently with his 22陆-year state term for Floyd's murder. He will also serve five years of supervised release when he leaves custody in roughly 17 years.
The funding plan comes a week after a Hennepin County jury handed down a guilty verdict for former police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd.
Chauvin, 45, was convicted of second- and third-murder and second-degree manslaughter in the 2020 death of Floyd. Judge Peter Cahill will make the decision about sentencing; under Minnesota law, Chauvin will be sentenced only for the most serious charge, second-degree murder.
As lawmakers entered the final three weeks of the legislative session, they pushed forward top priorities: budget bills and police accountability measures.
Even during the trial that ended in the murder conviction of the Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd, police killings off people of color continued in cities around the U.S. We have to reform our police practices and root out bias.
Law enforcement officials said state troopers and National Guard soldiers and airmen would return home in the coming days after the guilty verdict stemmed a night of celebration in Minneapolis.
The probe "will assess whether the Minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, including during protests," Garland told a news conference.
Former Minneapolis cop became first white police officer in state history to be convicted of killing a Black person. A Black life mattered, if you will.
We鈥檝e got to move away from the complacent self-satisfaction that hides the reality and fuels the division that threatens all of us, not Minnesotans only, not Midwesterners only, but all Americans together.
Even before the jury's decision was made public on Tuesday, state officials called for peace as demonstrations went on in the Twin Cities and possible civil unrest was expected.
One day after legal arguments concluded in the trial against former-Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, a jury found Chauvin guilty on all three charges.
George Floyd's final moments were captured on bystander video and viewed by millions of people around the world in a matter of hours. The incident became one of the most infamous police encounters in history, sparking unprecedented international protests and renewed discussion about race and policing.
