Minneapolis: The Minneapolis court Judge Peter Cahill on Friday sentenced former police men Derek Chauvin for 22 and half years imprisonment for the murder of African American George Floyd. This incident sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades.

Chauvin (45) white, gave his “condolences” to the Floyd family in a Minneapolis court, without apologizing, before Judge Peter Cahill handed down a lesser sentence than the 30 years the prosecution had sought. The Minneapolis court judge Cahill told Chauvin, this sentenced is based on your abuse of a position of trust and authority and also the particular cruelty shown to George Floyd.”

The decision was read out at the end of a tense hearing in which the court watched a recorded message by Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter and heard from Chauvin’s mother. The Floyd family’s lawyer called the sentencing a “historic” step towards racial reconciliation in the United States.

President Joe Biden said: “I don’t know all the circumstances that were considered but it seems to me, under the guidelines that seem to be appropriate.”  Al Sharpton, Civil rights activist said it sent “a message of accountability,” despite being less than what the family wanted.