Iâm glad Chauvin has lost his freedom but you canât call this âjusticeâ
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Thereâs one less killer roaming the streets of Minnesota this morning. For the first time in that stateâs history, a white cop has been convicted of a murder performed while on duty.
Upon the announcement of the verdict, crowds gathered at the Hennepin County Government Centre and George Floyd square â the once nameless intersection in Minneapolis where Floyd took his last, strained breath. Tears flowed among the crowd; chants rose up to honour Floydâs name and a sign read âThe World is Watchingâ.
The Latest: Biden says verdict can be giant step forward April 20, 2021 at 6:55 pm
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Latest on the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd (all times local):
6:15 p.m.
President Joe Biden says George Floyd’s death was “a murder in the full light of day and it ripped the blinders off” for all the world to see the problems with race and policing in the U.S.
Biden, speaking after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty Tuesday of murder in Floyd’s death last May, says the verdict can be a giant step forward for the country against systemic racism.
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In Minneapolis, a city remains fortified in wake of guilty verdict in George Floyd trial
More than 3,000 National Guard soldiers, along with police officers, sheriffs deputies and other law enforcement personnel have flooded Minneapolis in recent days.
By TIM SULLIVANAssociated Press
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National Guard members are seen through fencing and wire near the Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct in Minneapolis on Monday, after the murder trial against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin advanced to jury deliberations. Julio Cortez/Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage and body armor were on watch, assault rifles slung over their backs. Snow flurries blew around them. A few steps away at the Iron Door Pub, three more National Guard soldiers and a Minneapolis police officer stood out front, watching the street. A ha
President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the guilty verdict in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd “a giant step” towards justice in the US.