前明尼阿波利斯警官德里克·肖万被判22年半对于乔治·弗洛伊德的谋杀案,乔治·弗洛伊德的家人发表了情绪激动的声明,要求最高刑期。
弗洛伊德7岁的女儿吉安娜在听证会上分享了一段预先录制的视频信息。
当被问到“你希望他还和我们在一起吗?”她回答说:“他是。”
当被问及如果她现在能和父亲说话,她会对他说什么时,吉安娜说,“我想你,我爱他。”
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乔治·弗洛伊德7岁的女儿吉安娜在宣判前通过手机视频作证
乔治·弗洛伊德的两个兄弟也在宣判前提供了受害者影响陈述。
菲洛尼斯·弗洛伊德在法庭上发言前不得不擦擦眼睛。他要求法官彼得·卡希尔判肖万最高刑期40年,不得假释。
“我和家人被判无期徒刑。我们将永远无法让乔治回来,”他说。“爸爸是女儿的初恋。他永远无法在吉安娜的婚礼上陪她走过红毯,参加她生命中那些神奇的时刻。”
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乔治·弗洛伊德的兄弟菲洛尼斯·弗洛伊德在给受害者一个影响陈述时变得情绪化
特伦斯·弗洛伊德(Terrence Floyd)艰难地说,他的家人现在是“家庭兄弟会的一部分,而不是你喜欢的那种兄弟会。”他问肖万,“为什么?”
“我想从那个人自己身上知道,为什么?”他说。“你在想什么?当你把膝盖放在我哥哥的脖子上时,你脑子里在想什么?当你知道他不再构成威胁的时候?他戴着手铐,你为什么至少不起来?”
特伦斯·弗洛伊德(Terrence Floyd)讲述了2020年5月25日乔治·弗洛伊德(George Floyd)遇害前一个月他与哥哥的一次长谈。
“我和我哥哥的最后一次谈话是他想和我约会。他想为吉安娜和我女儿计划玩耍的日子,”他说。“女儿还小,但我还是要向她解释,因为这是历史。”
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乔治·弗洛伊德的兄弟特伦斯·弗洛伊德在宣判时发表了受害者影响声明
乔治·弗洛伊德的侄子布兰登·威廉姆斯在听证会上称肖万的行为是“仇恨和滥用权力的恶意表现”。
威廉姆斯说:“他不仅杀了乔治,还表现出对人类生命的完全漠视。”。“你看到了。我看到了。全国和全球数百万人目睹了仇恨的代理人。”
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前警官德里克·肖万在亨内平县政府的判决听证会上倾听
威廉姆斯要求法庭“容忍我尝试不可能的事情”,并找到合适的话来说。
“乔治的突然被杀永远地伤害了我们,”他说。“你可能看到我们哭了。但是我们的痛苦和创伤的全部程度是无法用肉眼看到的。心碎远远超出了我们能哭的眼泪的数量。言语无法表达我们的家人和朋友所经受的痛苦、折磨和折磨。”
威廉姆斯还要求最高处罚。
卡西尔最终判处肖万270个月监禁。
宣判前,肖万做了简短的陈述。
“我想向弗洛伊德的家人表示哀悼,”他说。“将来会有一些其他的信息会引起你的兴趣,我希望这些事情会让你安心。谢谢。”
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卡罗琳·波伦蒂是前警官德里克·肖万的母亲.
他的母亲卡罗琳·波伦蒂,向法院致辞代表她儿子请求减刑。
“德里克脑子里反复想着那天发生的事情。我看到了这对他造成的伤害,”她说。“我相信一个冗长的判决对德里克不会有什么好处。你判我儿子的时候,也是在判我。”
她称自己的儿子是一个“安静、体贴、可敬和无私的人”,有一颗“大心脏”。
在周五下午的判决听证会之前,卡希尔否认了肖万辩护律师对新审判的另一次尝试。
'Why': George Floyd's family confronts Derek Chauvin at sentencing
Before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wassentenced to 22 1/2 yearsfor the murder of George Floyd, members of George Floyd's family gave emotional statements asking for the maximum sentence.
Floyd's 7-year-old daughter Gianna shared a prerecorded video message at the hearing.
When asked, "Do you wish he was still here with us?" she replied, "He is."
When asked what she would say to her father if she could speak to him right now, Gianna said, "I miss you and I love him."
George Floyd's two brothers also provided victim impact statements before the sentence was announced.
Philonise Floyd had to wipe his eyes before addressing the court. He asked Judge Peter Cahill to give Chauvin the maximum sentence -- 40 years -- without the possibility for parole.
"My family and I have been given a life sentence. We will never be able to get George back," he said. "Daddies are a daughter's first love. He'll never be able to walk Gianna down the aisle at her wedding, attend those magical moments of her life."
Terrence Floyd, struggling to speak, said his family is now "part of a fraternity of families and it's not one of those fraternities that you enjoy." He asked Chauvin, "Why?"
"I wanted to know from the man himself, why?" he said. "What were you thinking? What was going through your head when you had your knee on my brother's neck? When you knew that he posed no threat anymore? He was handcuffed, why you didn't at least get up?"
Terrence Floyd recounted a long conversation he had with his brother a month before George Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020.
"The last conversation me and my brother had was he wanted to have play dates. He wanted to plan play dates for Gianna and my daughter," he said. "My daughter is still young, but I still have to explain to her because this is history."
George Floyd's nephew, Brandon Williams, called Chauvin's actions "a malicious display of hate and abuse of power" at the hearing.
"Not only did he kill George, he also displayed a total lack of consideration for human life as he did so," Williams said. "You saw it. I saw it. Millions of people across the country and the globe witnessed the agent of hate."
Williams asked the court to "bear with me as I attempt the impossible" and find the right words to say.
"The sudden murder of George has forever traumatized us," he said. "You may see us cry. But the full extent of our pain and trauma will never be seen with the naked eye. The heartbreak goes far beyond any number of tears we could cry. Words cannot express the pain, anguish and suffering our family and friends have endured."
Williams also asked for the maximum penalty.
Cahill ultimately sentenced Chauvin to 270 months in prison.
Chauvin gave a brief statement before the sentence was handed down.
"I want to give my condolences to the Floyd family," he said. "There's going to be some other information in the future that will be of interest and I hope things would give you some peace of mind. Thank you."
His mother, Carolyn Pawlenty,addressed the courton behalf of her son and pleaded for a lesser sentence.
"Derek has played over and over in his head the events of that day. I have seen the toll it has taken on him," she said. "I believe that a lengthy sentence will not serve Derek well. When you sentence my son, you will also be sentencing me."
She called her son a "quiet, thoughtful, honorable and selfless man" who has a "big heart."
Ahead of Friday afternoon's sentencing hearing, Cahill denied another attempt by Chauvin's defense for a new trial.