Derek Chauvin held his knee on Mr Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes in a case that reverberated around the world.
over a case that made global headlines and sparked protests.
Speaking after the sentencing, Mr Floyd's girlfriend Courteney Ross told Sky News:"I'm shocked that it wasn't a longer sentence, but it's a beginning.She said she had lived the past year"paralysed in grief", adding:"It has been hard for me to get by day to day".Derek Chauvin speaks ahead of sentencing for the murder of George Floyd.
When asked if the sentence had brought her a sense of closure, she said:"It doesn't. I believe this is more for a greater good for our personal grief, it doesn't stop."movement, with protests across the US and in other countries against racial inequality and police brutality.
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