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26 Jun, 5 tweets, 4 min read
Derek Chauvin, convicted murderer formerly with the @MinneapolisPD, was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for killing #GeorgeFloyd.

This is now the longest sentence ever given to a former cop for a killing committed in the line of duty.

unicornriot.ninja/2021/ex-cop-de…
After being sentenced, #DerekChauvin was sent straight to prison with 199 days credit for time he’s already served in jail.

Judge Cahill said the 270 month sentence he handed Chauvin is based on his "abuse in a position of authority & the "cruelty" he showed to #GeorgeFloyd.
Chauvin was found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in one of the most historic murder trials of the century that concluded on April 20, 2021.

See our full coverage of the #DerekChauvinTrial: unicornriot.ninja/derek-chauvin-…
Similar to the #DerekChauvinTrial, the sentencing on June 25, 2021, was streamed nationally. You can view the sentencing hearing here:
If you missed the #DerekChauvinSentencing hearing and you don't want to click away from this site to the article at the top of this thread, you can catch up with our twitter thread that includes details and quotes from the hearing.

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25 Jun
The Derek Chauvin sentencing hearing has just begun, we’re streaming it live on Facebook:

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The state has begun presenting victim impact statements to the court, they just played a video statement recorded by #GeorgeFloyd’s daughter Gianna Floyd.
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Sheriffs deputized as federal agents ambushed & killed 32 y/o father of 3, #WinstonSmith on June 3 in his car in Uptown Minneapolis.

Initial claims by authorities & corporate media said he was a "murder suspect" & he "produced" a gun. Both were false. unicornriot.ninja/2021/federal-t…
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4 Jun
Protests on Lake Street after police killing - we are live now at Lake and Girard in Uptown twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
MINNEAPOLIS - Live now - Protesters are on Lake Street and Girard in Uptown after a man was killed by law enforcement earlier today. We are streaming and talking with people on scene
Taysha Martineau, founder of the Line 3 resistance camp called Camp Migizi, spoke with us on stream a few minutes ago in Minneapolis during a rally calling for justice for the person who got killed by police today.
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3 Jun
MINNEAPOLIS - LIVE NOW:
Community Gathers at George Floyd Square After City Removes Concrete Barriers twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
We are live now in Minneapolis from #GeorgeFloydSquare:
Twitch: twitch.tv/unicorn_riot
YouTube:
Facebook:
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We are hearing now from Jay the Gardener who developed the garden in the roundabout in #GeorgeFloydSquare - full post with live video
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3 Jun
Minneapolis city workers cleared part of George Floyd Square earlier today - community members have gathered in response. Also law enforcement killed someone at Lake & Fremont in Uptown earlier today.
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A clip posted by Marcia Howard @marciaxthree shows the early minutes of city workers trying to reduce the size of the garden in the center of the intersection earlier today #GeorgeFloydSquare #GeorgeFloyd
After city workers removed barricades around #GeorgeFloydSquare - new ad-hoc structures were rebuilt - developing story
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19 Apr
We are #live for the closing arguments in the #DerekChauvinTrial on day 27. Watch our stream here and/or check out our live tweets. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Court is expected to begin shortly. There is movement in the courtroom, but Judge Cahill is not sitting at his bench yet. Thanks for tuning in.
Judge Cahill just sat down. The jury is in the room. The judge is going to run down the rules of law that the jury must apply.
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