Derek Chauvin is guilty of murdering George Floyd. Black lives do matter – this is history for America Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT National columnist Suzette Hackney is in Minneapolis for the trial of Derek Chauvin, reporting on the people, the scene and the mood. MINNEAPOLIS – Nearly one year to the day from when George Perry Floyd was killed about 3 miles from here, a Hennepin County jury found the man who used his knee to press the life out of him guilty of all charges, including second-degree murder. The last words Floyd uttered in his 17,026 days of life were "I can't breathe."