(The Center Square) â Less than a year after the death of George Floyd in police custody, a jury found former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.
Anger from the tragic death in police custody  on May 25, 2020, was fueled by a bystander filming part of the arrest, showing Floyd pinned under Chauvinâs knee for 9 minutes and 45 seconds, while he pleaded âI canât breathe.â Floyd was declared dead later that day.
The video caused protests worldwide and pushed discussion of police accountability and proper levels of force for minor crimes, as Floyd was arrested for allegedly attempting to spend a fake $20 bill.
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Joe Biden told the family of George Floyd on Tuesday night that he was relieved justice had been served and that the world is going to change now after the guilty verdict for the former police officer Derek Chauvin.
The president called the Floyd family minutes after the Minnesota jury s decision to convict Chauvin on two counts of murder and one of manslaughter in the death of the 46-year-old black man, a case that prompted a national reckoning on race and policing.
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(Bloomberg) Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of killing George Floyd when he knelt on the man’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, a videotaped death that ignited a summer of rage and the greatest racial reckoning in the U.S. since the 1960s.
A jury on Tuesday convicted Chauvin of second-degree murder and lesser charges for cutting off Floyd’s air supply last May 25 as he lay handcuffed and begging for mercy. The conviction, which stood out against decades of impunity for most police excessive-force cases, could mean decades in prison for the 45-year-old. Chauvin will face sentencing in eight weeks.