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MINNEAPOLIS – The guilty verdict returned by jurors Tuesday in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin was a reason for joy among many, especially in the Black community. But it was also a vivid demonstration of what the criminal justice system could be if prosecutors went after all "bad cops" with the same gusto, legal observers said. During the 42-day trial, jurors heard from 45 witnesses and listened to hours of technical testimony about whether Chauvin, who pinned Georg...

Save this story for later. At the Hennepin County Government Center on Tuesday afternoon, Judge Peter Cahill opened a yellow envelope and read out the verdict against Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who, last May, kneeled on the neck of George Floyd for nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds, killing Floyd and igniting a nationwide uprising against police abuse and systemic racism. Chauvin wore a pale-blue face mask. His eyes darted from side to side. The verdict was guilty o...

With that outcome, Black Americans from Missouri to Florida to Minnesota cheered, marched, hugged, waved signs and sang jubilantly in the streets. But they also tempered those celebrations with the heavy knowledge that Chauvin’s conviction was just a first, tiny step on the long road to address centuries of racist policing in a nation founded on slavery.

Columbus Shooting Sparks Protests in Ohio: Chauvin Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago Bloomberg News © Photographer: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Demonstrators march through downtown on April 9, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Bloomberg) -- Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes last May, was convicted of second-degree murder in his politically explosive trial. Chauvin was charged in the death of Floyd, a 4...

Alex Brandon / AP Originally published on April 20, 2021 9:30 pm After weeks of mounting tension during the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, observers in Bloomington-Normal expressed mixed emotions Tuesday after the guilty verdicts from a Minneapolis jury that heard testimony in the killing of George Floyd. Some felt validation that police misconduct did not go unpunished. Others looked ahead to the still tangled and fraught dialogue on race and police in the nation and in central Illinois....

2021/04/21 11:53 George Floyds brother Philonise Floyd wipes his eyes during a news conference, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, after the verdict was read in... George Floyds brother Philonise Floyd wipes his eyes during a news conference, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, after the verdict was read in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Lisa Robinson of W...

Created: April 20, 2021 05:18 PM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Many in Rochester are reacting after former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts Tuesday. Chauvin was found guilty of second and third degree murder as well as second degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd last May. News10NBC interviewed criminal defense attorney Peter Pullano about the verdict. Watch the interview in the video in the player below (mobile users, click here): Read...

Carter Center Statement on Derek Chauvin Verdict Share April 20, 2021 ATLANTA (April 20, 2021) —The Carter Center welcomes the just conviction of the police officer responsible for the murder of George Floyd. Our thoughts are with Floyd’s family members who have endured unimaginable pain as the trial exposed the horrific details of the killing of their loved one.  In our work resolving conflicts and strengthening democracy around the world, The Carter Center has seen the critical importan...

Derek Chauvin found guilty of all charges in the murder of George Floyd Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found of all three charges in the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. Chauvin was found guilty of: 2nd-degree murder 2nd-degree ma...

At least two arrested during Portland protests after Derek Chauvin conviction, police officers use pepper spray KATE FELDMAN Portland police declared an unlawful assembly downtown Tuesday night as protesters scrapped with officers after the Derek Chauvin verdict. About 100 people gathered outside the Justice Center around 8 p.m. in a celebration of the guilty verdicts and a reminder of the police killings of other victims, including Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo. Police reported...