Calls continue for police accountability following Chauvin guilty verdict Updated: Tags: Following the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, the Justice Department on Wednesday announced it’s opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis. Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death last May. Jacksonville attorney Reganel Reeves said the jury got the verdict right, but he said the fight for civil rights and police accountability can’t stop. “This trial right here is the trial of this generation,” Reeves said. “Obviously, civil rights is a slow moving process in this country. Seeing somebody, you know, put a knee to the back somebody’s neck for nine minutes, maliciously, and getting convicted shouldn’t be a surprise.”