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Human being, not a political cause : Will Floyd s death, Chauvin conviction spur reforms? Jenny Jarvie, Laura King, Jaweed Kaleem © (Court TV via Associated Press) Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is taken into custody as his attorney Eric Nelson looks on Tuesday at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via Associated Press) Racial justice advocates and legal experts on Tuesday hailed former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction in the killing of George Floyd, expressing hopes the case could spur broader police reforms and help crack the “blue wall of silence” often adhered to by police when one of their own commits a crime.

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