Cortez Rice, left, of Minneapolis, sits with others in the middle of Hennepin Avenue on March 7, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn., to mourn the death of George Floyd a day before jury selection began in the trial of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, who is accused of killing Floyd. (Jerry Holt /Star Tribune via AP)
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) A Minnesota jury convicted Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer, on murder charges for the May 2020 death of George Floyd a Black man after kneeling on his neck and chest for over nine minutes in May 2020.
A 12-juror panel of Hennepin County residents found Chauvin guilty of all three charges brought against him: unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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Biden says he’s praying for right verdict in Chauvin case, noting evidence is overwhelming in his view
From CNN s Betsy Klein
President Biden said Tuesday that he is praying for the right verdict in the trial if ex-Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, noting that the evidence, in his view, is “overwhelming.”
The remarks, made in the Oval Office during a meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, mark a rare moment by the President of weighing in by strongly suggesting what he thinks the outcome of the trial should be before the jury has reached a verdict.
Biden, who also elaborated on his Monday conversation with the family of George Floyd, said he was only making the comments because the jury is sequestered.
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From CNN s Adrienne Vogt
George Floyd’s aunt and cousin said they are hoping for a guilty verdict as the jury continues its deliberations in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.
“We need this verdict. Minnesota needs this verdict to be guilty. America needs it. The world needs it. We need to get it right this time. Because there s been too many times it has gotten wrong,” Angela Harrelson, Floyd’s aunt, said to CNN’s Kate Bolduan.
Harrelson, along with Floyd’s cousin Paris Stevens, said the family is on “pins and needles” awaiting the verdict.
With the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin now in deliberations, members of the Minnesota National Guard are deployed in the Twin Cities to protect people, property and the First Amendment right of protesters, a National Guard spokesperson tells CNN.
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