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Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges in the death of George Floyd
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ( https://www.olumorocktv.com/police-officer-charged-with-2nd-degree-manslaughter-in-daunte-wright-killing/) was found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, who was arrested last year.
The judge announced that jurors had found Chauvin, 45, guilty ( https://nypost.com/2021/04/20/derek-chauvin-jury-reaches-verdict-in-george-floyd-case/) on all three charges second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter on their second day of deliberations. He faces up to 40 years behind bars on the top charge.
Chauvin wearing a light gray suit, white shirt and blue tie showed little emotion as the verdict was read, nor as he was lead out of the courtroom in cuffs after Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill swiftly revoked his bail.
Floyd’s brother, Philonise, who was in the courtroom, began shaking before the verdict was read and then wept when it was.
“I was just praying they would find him guilty,” he told reporters as he left the courtroom. “As an African-American man, we usually never get justice.”
“I was just praying they would find him guilty,” he told reporters as he left the courtroom. “As an African-American man, we usually never get justice.”
No date has been set for sentencing, but Cahill said it would be in about eight weeks following a pre-sentencing investigation.
“We put everything we had into this prosecution,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a press conference outside the courthouse after the verdict. “I’m proud of every hour, every minute, and every ounce of effort we put into this case.”
Jurors deliberated for more than 10 hours over two daysbefore reaching a verdict in the closely watched case stemming from Floyd’s May 25, 2020, death which kicked off worldwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice.
Forty-five witnesses were called to the stand over nearly three weeks of testimony in Hennepin County District Court 38 of them brought to the stand by state prosecutors.
The four-member prosecution team, led by Assistant State Attorney General Matthew Frank, focused repeatedly on viral video footage of Floyd’s death, which included Chauvin pressing his knee on the man’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds.
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