Pamplin Media Group April 20 2021
Ex-police officer is convicted of killing George Floyd, which touched off a year of Black Lives Matter protests.
The Minneapolis jury has returned a verdict of guilty in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was accused of killing George Floyd 46.
Local reactions ranged from relief to rage on Tuesday, April 20, as the verdict after the verdict was announced around 2:05 p.m. local time.
By 2:09 p.m. cars in downtown Portland began honking and people began shouting in the streets.
The jury s findings:
• Third-Degree Murder: Guilty
Local reactions
Marcus Mundy, executive director of the Oregon-based Coalition of Communities of Color, responded quickly to the verdicts. Justice is hard to come by in America. The members of the Coalition of Communities of Color know that all too well, he told Pamplin Media Group. Today s decision in Minnesota matters, truly, but it is not nearly enough, and it is not
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Minneapolis, MN – The jury deliberating in the murder trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin has reached a verdict and cities nationwide are scrambling to prepare for the aftermath.
The Hennepin County District Court announced that the verdict would be read between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Central time, CNN reported.
The jury deliberated for four hours on Monday evening after the attorneys finished closing arguments.
Minneapolis has been preparing for unrest for weeks and ginned up efforts after riots broke out in nearby Brooklyn Center after an officer-involved shooting on April 11.