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25 Jun, 6 tweets, 4 min read

Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer, will be sentenced for second-degree murder on Friday.

Here is what you need to know ahead of the sentencing ➡ aje.io/pa9czq

Neo-Nazi group defaces statue of George Floyd in New York City, according to police aje.io/9655qz

In some parts of the US, the police kill Black people at six times the rate they kill white people - and the cause lies in the deeply racist beginnings of the police force itself.

How racism has been a feature of US policing for centuries ➡️ aje.io/4vf4gn

George Floyd’s family 'anxious' ahead of testimony in Derek Chauvin's sentencing

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"If you could you say anything to your daddy right now what would it be?"

"It would be I miss you and I love you."

George Floyd's 7-year-old daughter Gianna, gave her victim impact statement during Derek Chauvin's sentencing ⤵️

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“Briefly, though, I do want to give my condolences to the Floyd family.”

Derek Chauvin extended his condolences to George Floyd’s family during his sentencing in court. 🔴LIVE updates aje.io/ya2ve8

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