THE ISSUE Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty Tuesday of murdering George Floyd on May 25. He was convicted on all three counts he faced: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. âIt was a murder in full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see,â President Joe Biden said after the verdict was announced. In the nerve-wracking moments before Chauvin was pronounced guilty on all counts, the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman tweeted this: âThe fact that we know what the verdict SHOULD be but remain unsure of what it WILL be speaks volumes about our nation. We have work to do.â