AniYa A motions as she walks through Times Square in New York, while talking on her cellphone, after a Minnesota jury found former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Floyd died last May after Chauvin, a white officer, pinned his knee on or close to the 46-year-old Black manâs neck for about 9 1/2 minutes.
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Laquan McDonald: Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder in the October 2014 shooting death of McDonald, a Black teenager. The jury also found him guilty of 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, and acquitted him on one count of official misconduct. It took the jury about eight hours to reach a verdict in the 2018 trial, marking the first time in decades that a Chicago police officer was convicted of murder for an on-duty death.
Walter Scott: In April 2015, Michael Slager then a police officer in North Charleston, S.C. pulled over Scott, a Black man, because of a broken brake light on his Mercedes-Benz. Scott ran from his vehicle and Slager gave chase; after a scuffle, Slager shot Scott as he was running away, hitting him five times in the back. A bystander captured
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Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder, manslaughter in George Floyd case George Floyd s brother Philonise Floyd wipes his eyes during a news conference Tuesday in Minneapolis, after the verdict was read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Associated Press Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin arrives Tuesday for the verdict in his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd. Associated Press Defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, accompanied by defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, speaks Monday to the judge before prosecutor Jerry Blackwell gives a rebuttal in closing arguments in the trial of Chauvin in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd.
2021/04/21 11:53 George Floyd s brother Philonise Floyd wipes his eyes during a news conference, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, after the verdict was read in. George Floyd s 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 Washington, reacts on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Washington, as the guilty verdict in Minneapolis, in the murder trial against forme. Lisa Robinson of Washington, reacts on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Washington, as the guilty verdict in Minneapolis, in the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was announced. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)