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The sound of a pot clanging in celebration could be heard in the hills of Mount Washington. On a hilly street in Silver Lake, a woman screamed “Yes!” through an open window.
And in Leimert Park Village, a woman rolled down a sidewalk in an electric wheelchair, shouting “Guilty on all charges” while pumping her right fist in the air.
Sporadic celebrations broke out around Los Angeles on Tuesday shortly after the verdict was read in the case of Derek Chauvin, a white
former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.