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The judge in the civil rights cases of four former police officers in the killing of George Floyd said that he has accepted Derek Chauvin's plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years.

A year after his conviction, the former Minneapolis police officer is asking a state court to send his case back to Hennepin County; order a new trial elsewhere; or order him to be resentenced.

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin has pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights.

When asked if former officer Derek Chauvin's restraint of George Floyd followed proper protocol, Minneapolis Inspector Katie Blackwell said, "I don't know what kind of improvised position that is."

Asked if he saw anything on police body camera footage that would justify putting a knee on George Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes, Lt. Richard Zimmerman said, "No, I did not."

In emotional testimony, Courteney Ross described to the jury the man she knew, adding detail to a life that ended when George Floyd died in police custody last Memorial Day.

The 17-year-old described then-Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin as "kind of angry," adding that "he was digging his knee into George Floyd's neck" and he threatened bystanders with a can of Mace.

The young woman, who was 17 when she filmed former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin holding his knee on George Floyd's neck, says the only violence she saw was "from the cops."

The jury includes three Black men, including two immigrants; one Black woman; two women who identify as multiracial; two white men; and six white women, Minnesota Public Radio reports.

Minneapolis will pay a record sum to the family of George Floyd, who sued the city and police officers over his May 2020 death in police custody.