Derek Chauvin, in a brazen
act of Chauvinism, knelt on George Floyd'
s neck for nearly nine and a half minutes while Floyd struggled to live, repeatedly gasping I can't breathe, until he died. Chauvin did so in public, as Darnella Frazier, a seventeen-year-old
girl, recorded an unflinching video of the episode. Her video went viral, resulting in massive social unrest across America and was the pivotal piece of evidence in securing Chauvin'
s conviction for murder. He was sentenced to 22 years in
prison.