Former police officer Derek Chauvin is being sentenced for the murder of George Floyd.

Mr Floyd's death in May last year sparked worldwide protests and re-energised the Black Lives Matter movement over police brutality and racial inequality.

Video recorded by a bystander showed Chauvin with his knee pressed on Mr Floyd's neck as he lay handcuffed and restrained on the ground. He stayed there, his trial heard, for more than nine minutes.

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