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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When the verdicts came in — Guilty, Guilty, Guilty — Lucia Edmonds let out the breath she hadn’t even realized she’d been holding. The relief that the 91-year-old Black woman felt flooding over her when white former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted for killing George Floyd was hard-earned, coming after a lifetime of seeing other cases end differently. “I was prepared for the fact that it might not be a guilty verdict because it�...

Apr 22, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — When the verdicts came in — Guilty, Guilty, Guilty — Lucia Edmonds let out the breath she hadn’t even realized she’d been holding. The relief that the 91-year-old Black woman felt flooding over her when white former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted for killing George Floyd was hard-earned, coming after a lifetime of seeing other cases end differently. “I was prepared for the fact that it might not be a guilty verdict because it’s...

Relief, caution as America absorbs Chauvin trial verdict Updated 7:44 AM; Today 7:44 AM A couple dances at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Washington, after the verdict in Minneapolis, in the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was announced. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP Facebook Share NEW YORK (AP) — When the verdicts came in — guilty, guilty and guilty — Lucia Edmonds let out the breath she hadn’t even realiz...

Others were more circumspect, wondering if one hopeful result really meant the start of something better in a country with a history of racial injustice, especially in the treatment of Black people at the hands of law enforcement. With all the relief and gratitude 68-year-old Kemp Harris, a retired kindergarten teacher in Cambridge, Mass., felt upon hearing the verdict, it was tempered by what hed seen in the much more recent past: The deaths of Daunte Wright in Minnesota and of Adam Toledo in ...

The same sense of relief, of accountability served and crisis at least temporarily averted, was palpable across the United States on Tuesday after a jury found Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in killing Floyd, a Black man who took his last breath pinned to the street with the officers knee on his neck. But when it came to whats next for America, the reaction was more hesitant. Some were hopeful, pointing to the protests and sustained outcry over Floyds death as signs of change to come...

Deepti Hajela And Jocelyn Noveck A person reacts near Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) April 21, 2021 - 8:54 AM NEW YORK - When the verdicts came in — Guilty, Guilty,...

Sliver of hope. Relief, caution as America absorbs verdict Deepti Hajela And Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Lucia Edmonds, 91, of Washington reacts on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Washington, after the verdict in Minneapolis, in the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was announced. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) NEW YORK – When the verdicts came in — Guilty, Guilty, Guilty — Lucia E...

Relief after verdict in Floyd killing, but what comes next? DEEPTI HAJELA and JOCELYN NOVECK © Jacquelyn Martin Lucia Edmonds, 91, of Washington reacts on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Washington, after the verdict in Minneapolis, in the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was announced. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) NEW YORK (AP) — When the verdicts came in — Guilty, Guilty, Guilty — Lucia Edmonds let out the breath she hadnt even realized ...

A sense of relief is palpable across the United States after a jury found former Minnesota Police Officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in killing George Floyd

In Oklahoma and elsewhere, verdict allows ‘sliver of hope’ for change A person reacts in Minneapolis on Tuesday after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the 2020 death of George Floyd. (AP photo/Morry Gash) When the verdicts came in – guilty, guilty and guilty – Lucia Edmonds let out a breath she hadn’t even realized she’d been holding. The relief that the 91-year-old Black woman felt flooding over her when white former police Offic...