Statements, silence, and protest all characterized the hours after justice was finally rendered.
By
Benjamin Cassidy
4/21/2021 at 9:36am
More protests are expected in the days and weeks to come.
Yesterday brought the verdict weâd all anxiously awaited: Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd.
A jury convicted the former Minneapolis police officer on all countsâsecond-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughterâafter he kneeled on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes last May during an arrest, causing Floyd's death and prompting Black Lives Matter protests across the country. Chauvin's sentencing hearing will be in about eight weeks, at which time heâll potentially face decades in prison (but perhaps as little as 12.5 years).