*The jury in the
Derek Chauvin murder trial has found the former Minneapolis cop guilty on all charges in the death of
George Floyd.
We reported earlier, the police killing of Floyd last May launched ongoing protests and a racial reckoning across the United States and around the world. The prosecution rested its case in Chauvin’s murder trial last week after calling 38 witnesses and playing dozens of video clips over the course of 11 days. The defense rested Thursday after calling seven witnesses over two days.
Chauvin was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the May 25 death of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man. The ex-cop was also charged with 3rd-degree murder after being captured on video pressing his knee on the neck of Floyd for almost 10 minutes before he died. In October, Hennepin County Judge