Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death

A woman pays her respects at a mural at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis on Friday (Julio Cortez/AP)

Prosecutors are asking a judge to give former police officer Derek Chauvin a more severe penalty than state guidelines call for when he is sentenced in June for George Floyd’s death.

The prosecutors argued in court documents filed on Friday that Mr Floyd was particularly vulnerable and Chauvin abused his authority as a police officer.