https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/25/chauvin-gets-22-1-2-years-in-prison-for-george-floyds-death/ > By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI > MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations.