VERIFY: $27 million Floyd family settlement is not connected to the Chauvin trial

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of George Floyd. After the jury selection process started in March, Minneapolis announced it had settled a lawsuit filed by Floyd’s family for a record of $27 million. A VERIFY viewer asked why Minneapolis paid Floyd’s family before the criminal trial, and whether the two cases are connected. Full story: https://www.weareiowa.com/article/new... Subscribe to Local 5 on YouTube:    / weareiowalocal5news   Add Local 5 on Roku: https://channelstore.roku.com/details... Download the We Are Iowa app: https://weareiowa.com/app Get Local 5’s "5 Things to Know" email newsletter in your inbox: https://weareiowa.com/email 'Like' Local 5 on Facebook:   / weareiowa   Follow Local 5 on Twitter:   / weareiowa5news   Follow Local 5 on Instagram:   / weareiowa