(Reuters) – A Minnesota judge ruled aggravating factors were involved in the death of George Floyd, opening the possibility of a longer sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, court records revealed on Wednesday.
Chauvin – the white former officer convicted in Minnesota state court of murdering Floyd, a Black man – is scheduled to be sentenced on multiple murder and manslaughter convictions on June 25.
(Editing by Barbara Goldberg; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
