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Former policeman who smothered George Floyd released after paying $ 1 million bail

Derek Chauvin to await probation trial.

Derek Chauvin, 44, a former Minneapolis police officer who used his knee to choke and kill in May, former black security guard George Floyd, was released after paying $ 1 million bail.

He is the target of a murder case with intent to kill. Floyd’s murder sparked a wave of protests over the end of racism and police violence in the United States and around the world.

Read more in Folha de S.Paulo

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