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Chauvin’s Conviction Is the Exception That Proves the Rule
The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty on all three counts he faced but his trial was a demonstration of how difficult efforts at accountability remain.
April 20, 2021
Updated on April 20 at 8:26 p.m.
Jurors in Minnesota took barely 10 hours to convict Derek Chauvin in the May 2020 death of George Floyd on all three charges against him, offering a quick and decisive verdict in the most-watched police-misconduct case in years.
The speedy result, announced in a Minneapolis courtroom this afternoon, is a sign of how unusual the case is. The verdict is a victory for justice and a relief to people, politicians, and police in Minnesota and beyond, who had braced for unrest if Chauvin had been found not guilty. But the trial also demonstrates why the courts will remain a challenging venue to reform law enforcement in the United States.
Derek Chauvin convicted of murder, manslaughter
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