/ In a statement, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, said Floyd s family and the nation saw justice finally being served.
Several politicians and leaders across the greater Tampa Bay region issued statements expressing relief following the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin.
Leaders and political figures from the greater Tampa Bay region and across the state took to social media on Tuesday afternoon after a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.