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Ex-Cop Chauvin Convicted on All Counts in Floyd’s Murder Bloomberg 1 hr ago Adam M. Taylor, Erik Larson and Stephen Joyce
(Bloomberg) Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of killing George Floyd when he knelt on the man’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, a videotaped death that ignited a summer of rage and the greatest racial reckoning in the U.S. since the 1960s.
A jury on Tuesday convicted Chauvin of second-degree murder and lesser charges for cutting off Floyd’s air supply last May 25 as he lay handcuffed and begging for mercy. The conviction, which stood out against decades of impunity for most police excessive-force cases, could mean decades in prison for the 45-year-old. Chauvin will face sentencing in eight weeks.
Chauvin ‘Betrayed the Badge,’ Prosecutor Says in Final Argument Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Ayanna Alexander and Ian Lopez
(Bloomberg) George Floyd’s accused killer not the entire Minneapolis Police Department is on trial for murder, the prosecution said Monday summarizing its case against former officer Derek Chauvin.
Special prosecutor Steve Schleicher praised the “most noble profession of policing” while making his final argument that Chauvin should be found guilty in Floyd’s death. Schleicher laid out the case that Chauvin violated police department policy and training when he was filmed kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes on May 25, 2020, painting Chauvin as a rogue actor.