George Floyd killing: Daughter gives statement at Derek Chauvin's sentencing

Gianna Floyd, daughter of George Floyd, gave her victim impact statement during the sentencing of convicted murderer Derek Chauvin. Photo / AP

George Floyd's 7-year-old daughter shared what she wished she could tell her late father in a video shown before Derek Chauvin's sentencing.

"I miss you and I love you," Gianna Floyd said in the video when asked what she would say to her dad.

George Floyd's 7-year-old daughter Gianna appeared in a video recording played for the judge at the sentencing of Derek Chauvin. Asked what she would say to him if she could see her father again, she said: 'I miss you and I love you’ https://t.co/pRM12G70t3 pic.twitter.com/Ui8vFXlbub

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Gianna Floyd's video interview was played in court on Friday (local time) during the sentencing hearing for Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death.

Gianna Floyd said in the victim impact statement she believed her dad was still with her in spirit and she wants to know how he got hurt.

"We used to have dinner meals every single night before we went to bed," she said. "My daddy always used to help me brush my teeth."

"Well, I ask about him all the time."

Gianna Floyd, George Floyd's 7-year-old daughter, gave a victim impact statement at Derek Chauvin's sentencing, saying that she would tell her father that she misses and loves him. pic.twitter.com/TB8KA8EoVX

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She had a long list of things she would still have liked to do with her father. "I want to play with him, have fun, go on a plane ride."

Hers was the first of several victim impact statements given by Floyd's family members at Chauvin's sentencing.