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The city of Minneapolis will pay

$ 27 million

to settle George Floyd's family's lawsuit for his death in police custody, a case that sparked national protests over racial injustice and police brutality.

Mayor Jacob Frey will join other elected officials and members of Floyd's family Friday afternoon for a

press conference

to discuss the deal, the city announced.

Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed in May when Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

Floyd's agonizing pleas were captured on video that garnered a large number of views, which helped spark one of the largest protest movements ever seen in the United States.

"This is the largest settlement in a black man's wrongful death case

and sends a powerful message that black lives matter and that police brutality against people of color must end," the family's lawyers said in a statement. statement on the agreement, according to AFP.

The agreement does not end the criminal process against agent Derek Chauvin and three other colleagues for Floyd's death.

The trial of Chauvin, who was fired by the police force, began earlier this week in Hennepin County District Court on murder and manslaughter charges.

Chauvin

has pleaded not guilty

and said he correctly followed his police training.

Judge Peter Cahill has set aside about three weeks for jury selection in the case.

So far, six jurors have sat down.

Last year, Floyd's relatives sued the city, Chauvin and three other police officers involved in federal court, alleging that the police used excessive force against Floyd in violation of his constitutional rights.

The settlement announced Friday includes a $ 500,000 contribution by Floyd's family to the community on the Minneapolis street where Floyd died, which has been blocked from police access by residents and is

full of flowers. and other tributes

to Floyd.

Chauvin tried to arrest Floyd on the night of May 25 on suspicion that he used a counterfeit $ 20 bill to buy cigarettes at the Cup Foods grocery store at the intersection.

The other three officers are due to stand trial later this year on charges of complicity in Floyd's death, which was declared a homicide by the medical examiner.

The Minneapolis Police Department fired all four officers the day after the fatal arrest.

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