Houstonians React: George Floyd s Killer Guilty of Murder
A jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin culpable in the death of the Houston native.
By
Houstonia Staff
4/20/2021 at 5:58pm
Almost a year after the death of Houston native George Floyd, a Minnesota jury Tuesday afternoon found Derek Chauvin, the police officer who knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, guilty of murder.Â
The jury convicted Chauvin on three charges: second and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. While his sentencing wonât occur for another eight weeks, the presiding judge, Peter Cahill, ordered his bond be rescinded and Chauvin be placed in police custody.Â
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was on Tuesday convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. In the hours after the verdict was announced, a number of celebrities took to social media to react to the news and pay tribute to Floyd, who died after Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes.
A number of actors, politicians, artists, academics and musicians have spoken out about the verdict, including Barack Obama, Viola Davis and Amanda Gorman. A reminder that victory would be George Floyd being alive. Every day Black Americans worry if they will be next is another day without justice, wrote poet Gorman on Twitter.