First published on Tue 20 Apr 2021 17.08 EDT
Good morning. A verdict has just been announced in the trial over the police killing of
George Floyd.
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of murder over the killing of George Floyd. US president Joe Biden earlier said he was “praying the verdict is the right verdict” and described theevidence against Chauvin as “overwhelming”. Three thousand National Guard troops have been deployed in Minneapolis and St Paul, a region that has been on edge,
not only about whether there will be violent unrest but also whether justice will be done in the death of Floyd, one of so many Black people killed by police in America. Just nine days ago, police in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center shot dead 20-year-old Daunte Wright after a traffic stop.