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Ryan Merrifield

Derek Chauvin given 21-year jail sentence for violating George Floyd's civil rights

The killer police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck until he suffocated has been given a new 21-year prison sentence.

Derek Chauvin is already serving 22 years in jail for the murder and manslaughter of the unarmed dad.

But the disgraced ex-law enforcer, 46, has been given a concurrent federal term for violating Mr Floyd's civil rights.

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