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Cop Derek Chauvin is taken to maximum security prison and placed on suicide watch after being found guilty on ALL three charges of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd as Joe Biden calls the killing a stain on the nation s soul
The veteran cop was emotionless as Judge Peter Cahill read the jury s decision, which centred around nine minutes and 29 seconds of Chauvin kneeling on the unarmed black man s neck in May last year
Cheers rose from crowds gathered outside the courthouse and down at the intersection of 38th and Chicago, now known as George Floyd Square, where the fatal arrest had taken place
Maxine Waters says my words don t matter after Derek Chauvin judge warned her remarks could be grounds for an appeal as she defends calling for confrontation if no conviction
California Congresswoman Maxine Waters on Saturday travelled to Minneapolis and told protesters to get more confrontational if Derek Chauvin is acquitted
Republicans were enraged by her rousing the crowd on the eve of the jury retiring to consider their verdict
Judge Peter Cahill said it was abhorrent that politicians weighed in in the midst of a trial but said her opinion really doesn t mean much
Waters on Monday insisted she was right to air her views and claimed the judge said my words don t matter
The jury is out to make its decision on Derek Chauvin. Credit: AP
By ITV News Washington DC Producer Natasha Tierney
The eyes of the world are once again on the city of Minneapolis as it awaits to hear the jury’s verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer accused of murdering George Floyd during an arrest last year.
The jurors are considering three weeks’ worth of testimony from 45 witnesses, including emergency responders, police officers, medical experts, eyewitnesses, and those who knew George Floyd most closely.
Here s a look back at some of the most significant evidence in the trial:
Former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder, manslaughter in death of George Floyd
A panel of jurors has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty Tuesday on all three charges in connection with the May 2020 death of George Floyd, after one of the most closely watched criminal trials in recent memory.
Chauvin, 45, was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. With Americans on edge as they awaited the verdict, the jury announced that it has found him guilty across the board.
His bail was immediately revoked and he was led away with his hands cuffed behind his back. Cheers and cars honking could be heard outside the Hennepin County Courthouse as the verdict was read.