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President Joe Biden praised the verdict in a nationwide address at the White House but called it a “too rare” step to deliver “basic accountability” for Black Americans
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'Don't kill me': Others tell of abuse by officer who knelt on George Floyd 11 minutes to read By: Jamiles Lartey and Abbie VanSickle Firsthand accounts accuse Derek Chauvin, the police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd's neck in Minneapolis, of using similar tactics on detainees over the years. Nearly three years before Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd as he cried out that he couldn't breathe last May, Zoya Code found herself in a similar position: handcuffed facedown on the ground, with Chauvin's knee on her. The officer had answer...
The Derek Chauvin verdict has been nearly a year in the making. Footage of the murder of George Floyd last May has been viewed by millions worldwide, sparking ongoing international protests against police brutality and igniting policy changes to reform and reimagine the role of police. Though the amount of video footage of the killing was unprecedented and the momentum for justice was undeniable, history did not necessarily point to an easy conviction. The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of all three charges — second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and ...
Derek Chauvin Verdict Brings a Rare Rebuke of Police Conduct John Eligon, Tim Arango, Shaila Dewan and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs © Victor J. Blue for The New York Times A celebration at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a former police officer, was found guilty of murder on Tuesday. MINNEAPOLIS — A former police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck until well past Mr. Floyd’s final breath was found guilty of murder on Tuesday in a case that shook the nation’s conscience and drew millions into the streets for the largest racial j...
A former police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck until well past Mr. Floyd’s final breath was found guilty of murder on Tuesday in a case that shook the nation’s conscience and drew millions into the streets for the largest racial justice protests in generations. The verdict, which could send the former officer, Derek Chauvin, to prison for decades, was a rare rebuke of police violence, following case after case of officers going without charges or convictions after killing Black men, women and children. At the center of it all was an excruciating video, taken by...