Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin gave a brief and cryptic message to George Floyd’s family after he was sentenced to 22 and a half years behind bars.

 

Chauvin murdered Floyd on May 25th, 2020, by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes.

Floyd died by “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression,” his final autopsy reads.

Chauvin was then charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter.

During the trial, Chauvin, 45, did not speak that much. But he offered his thoughts on the situation after he was sentenced to prison for more than two decades.

“I am not able to give a full statement at this time, but very briefly, I want to give my condolences to the Floyd family,” Chauvin told Floyd’s family. “There is going to be some other information in the future that will be of interest and I hope things will give you some peace of mind.”

What exactly Chauvin meant by his remarks remains unclear and confused a lot of people.

Former Hennepin County prosecutor Joseph Daly explained his confusion at Chauvin’s cryptic message.

“It’s a real head-scratcher, I think it was tone-deaf,” Daly told New York Daily News. “If there was any way to give any kind of solace to the Floyd family, it was to offer condolences and beg for forgiveness and then just shut up.”

The 45-year-old will re-appear in court along with his three former colleagues also involved in Floyd’s murder and will be allowed to defend himself against Civil Rights charges.

The Civil Rights charges include depriving Floyd of the Constitutional right to be protected from illegal search and seizure.

Apart from Floyd’s murder, Chauvin is also facing charges for allegedly using unreasonable force against a minor in 2017.