Minneapolis and cities across the U.S. have been wracked by violent protests against police brutality since Floyd died on May 25, 2020, facedown on the pavement with Chauvin kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes.
Moments before Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill read the verdict, Minneapolis office buildings emptied and workers fled downtown to avoid possible demonstrations, local media reports said.
But fears of mass chaos appeared to be unfounded by early evening.
Demonstrators in Minneapolis told reporters that they wouldn’t be looting. They said it was a time to celebrate.
“This is our Super Bowl,” Jeff Compton of Louisville, Kentucky, told Minnesota’s National Public Radio station outside the courthouse.
Derek Chauvin is convicted of killing George Floyd in Minneapolis, cuffed and taken away
Derek Chauvin, convicted of murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis, is led away in handcuffs It was a dramatic ending to a case that transfixed the world and became the latest flash point in a raging debate about police brutality against the Black community. April 20, 2021 9:20pm
Video (04:22) : A masked Derek Chauvin showed no visible emotion as Judge Peter Cahill read the verdict on each count. Cahill said sentencing would be in roughly eight weeks. Text size Copy shortlink:
A sheriff s deputy led former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin away in handcuffs Tuesday after jurors convicted him of murdering George Floyd, a dramatic ending to a case that transfixed the world and became the latest flash point in a raging debate about police brutality against the Black community.
Chauvin convicted of murdering George Floyd in landmark U.S. racial justice case
By Jonathan Allen, Nathan Layne and Gabriella Borter
Reuters
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday of murdering George Floyd, a milestone in the fraught racial history of the United States and a rebuke of law enforcement s treatment of Black Americans.
A 12-member jury found Chauvin, 45, guilty of all three charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter after considering three weeks of testimony from 45 witnesses, including bystanders, police officials and medical experts. Deliberations began on Monday and lasted just over 10 hours.
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What next for Derek Chauvin?
The length of his sentence will be key for protesters, while the ex-police officer faces maximum security prison
21 April 2021 • 11:07am
Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd on Tuesday, in what was seen as a rebuke of law enforcement s treatment of black Americans.
A 12-member jury delivered guilty verdicts on each of the three charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter against the former Minneapolis police officer.
Mr Chauvin was handcuffed immediately after the verdicts were read and was taken into custody.
Derek Chauvin s bail was revoked and he is now in police custody