Minneapolis Settles for $8.9M Over Derek Chauvin's Actions.

The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $8.9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two Black people who said former police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks years before he used the same move to kill George Floyd. The settlements were announced during a meeting of the Minneapolis City Council. Both lawsuits stemmed from arrests in 2017. The lawsuits alleged police misconduct, excessive force, and racism. Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison on a state murder charge for killing Floyd by pressing his knee to Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as he pleaded that he couldn’t breathe.