DECIDING MOMENTS IN DEREK CHAUVIN’S TWENTY TWO AND HALF YEAR JAIL TERM

On Friday, the Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd in May 2020, Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 years and six months in jail. Chauvin will be forced to serve two-thirds of his sentence, or 15 years, before being eligible for supervised release for the remaining seven and a half years under Minnesota law, according to CNN.

The punishment which came after Chauvin broke his yearlong silence to offer condolences to the Floyd family and express hope that they eventually have “some peace of mind” is one of the longest prison terms ever imposed on a U.S. police officer in the killing of a Black person.

Still, Floyd family members and others were disappointed. The sentence fell short of the 30 years prosecutors had requested. And with good behavior, Chauvin, 45, could get out on parole after serving two-thirds of his sentence, or about 15 years.

But Chavins words, his momma's and other factors must have helped him with the sentencing. His exact statement after the sentencing read thus;. “I do want to give my condolences to the Floyd family. There’s gonna be some other information in the future that would be of interest, and I hope things will give you some peace of mind. Thank you.”

His mother Carolyn Pawlenty: “My son’s identity has also been reduced to that as a racist. I want this court to know that none of these things are true and that my son is a good man.”

And the fact that; Chauvin was not scheduled to work on May 25, 2020 but volunteered, Nelson says: "I know from numerous conversations that I've had with Derek that his brain is littered with what-ifs. What if I had just not agreed to go in that day must have played on the judge's mind in deciding the sentencing.