That was the toll of this trial today. As you know, its midnight on the East Coast, 11 p. M. In minneapolis. There is a sense of relief on the streets, but this is a trial that echoed not just across the country, but across the world. And this was the moment of truth. We the jury in the above entitled manner as to count one, unintentional second Degree Murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. Count two, thirdDegree Murder perpetrating an imminently dangerous act, guilty. Count three, culpable negligence creating an unreasonable risk find the defendant guilty. So Derek Chauvin is guilty, but he still has to be sentenced. But he is likely to be behind bars for a very long time, convicted on all counts, including murder in the second degree. Chris, they ran them off one by one by one by one. The first day it took four hours. Second Day Today six and a half hours. Under leonardo hours that jury reached averdict. That is very quick considering what was at stake here. Relatively. It was pretty quick. I think they reviewed all the evidence. It was a good block of time. And if they had the collective agreement thAt This was something that was so bad that death was the only obvious outcome, this is where theyre going to wind up. I did not think you would get a Murder Charge in this case. Not that it wasnt Warrant Order was, but we just have never seen before. And even in shootings, its so rare. This is a nonshooting. I couldnt even get data to compare it to because we dont really keep data on this. This is the one time where i said chris, i thought they would get murder. I thought they would get all three charges guilty in this case. I was very bullish on this case. And that was one reason, the main reason i was bullish on this case. And that is that video of 9 29. When you think about that, if youre sitting in that jury, if youre a human being, and youre looking at everything that happened before. You saw the defense saying well, showing the video of what happened before he was on the ground. And we had trouble getting him into the car, and he was he had enough breath that he could say i cant breathe. So many times, he had enough breath and the wherewithal to communicate with Police Officers. But none of that mattered. 9 29. That is a long time for you to think about what youre doing. We have only been on the air here for three minutes. And imagine that. Triple thAt Time. Three, six, nine. For that amount of time, for me to be able to have you in a prone position handcuffed and not be able to think about the consequences of my action, i thought that was too much to ask of anybody, and i thought the jury would see right through it and it would take 9 29. That video would be the key, and i do believe that it was. Youre right. It had to be. Because one, its a very rare piece of proof. And two, it had Something Else that is also something thats unique to this case. Everything you said was going on, and around it you had the community. You had people creating an Echo Effect of the obvious of saying look at him, he cant breathe. Donald williams saying just check his pulse, check his pulse. The first responder showing up saying this is really bad. Did you administer any aid yet. No . Why . People there were saying man, hes not breathing. Come on now, let him up. As a juror, as you said a human being, not only is it obvious to you, you know it was obvious to people who were there. You have to ask yourself why wasnt it obvious to the defendant. And secondDegree Murder in this iteration of the law is an unintentional murder, but it was an intentional assault. And because you intended to seriously harm somebody and they died in that event, it becomes murder 2. And then once you have that, the other two were necessarily going to follow. But of course, there is such desire by everybody here, one to see how did the Floyd Family, how did they react . How does the Community React . What does this mean . What comes next . All relevant, all real. But i just hope people understand how rare an instance of justice in a court of law this case is. I dont think it has a companion case. Youre talking about in the court of law. I think people understand it i think in the layman terms. You as someone with a Jurist Doctorate as an attorney, you see it in a different light, because you know it is the preponderance of evidence or reasonable doubt. Look, i think they had a very strong case. You just dont see cops convicted of this. No, you dont see it. But i think people understood it. I think when you saw i hate to keep comparing this, because i know the cases were different. The way people reacted, i hadnt seen people react to a verdict like that since o. J. Simpson. I know its completely different legally. I understand that. It was a different time. But how people were standing there on the plaza listening. How people were watching on their Cell Phones. People were at home watching on their televisions. How we were all in the studio watching it. And i just remembered the time when i was in the newsroom at wnyw here on Channel 5 when the o. J. Simpson verdict was and the reaction, the relief of people. Okay, again. So dont fault me for this. I know its two different cases. Im talking about the reaction here. And so i think people knew how rare it was because of the celebrating. Because they said justice was finally served. And they knew how rare it was because look, now, chris, you and i are sitting here talking. Weve been talking for six, seven minutes. We havent said unrest. We havent said protest. We havent said riot, we havent said loot, we havent said fire, havent said lets go to Breaking News to our reporter on the scene. I think people know how rare it is, and theyre holding their breaths. Their collective breaths. We all are to see what happens next. Because as i told you in the opening of my show, the closing of your show earlier, thAt This is that its tough because we know there is going to be another time, right . Something, a Police Shooting is going to happen again. And were going to have to analyze it. And the nation is going to have to go through it. Well see what happens with the next one. But i think right now people are holding their breaths, and theyre saying this is a step towards justice. It may not be full justice, but its a step toward accountability. Its absolutely accountability on its face. I think i agree with professor west. What . Which part . You named every Jazz Musician and singer. Ill never question him on music. But the idea that what is one step versus what is the ultimate goal of the journey that youre on. And that you need to see things as they are, call them for whAt They are, let The System work, and it did work here. It worked despite how it began. You have to remember how this case started. They played it as a medical incident when this happened. The original. The local Police Department. Then the governor had the wherewithal to take it from the local authorities, give it to the attorney general, who appointed Keith Ellison, who appointed a special prosecutor. And thats why you are where you are. You may not have been here otherwise. Now you have what does it mean . And Professor Cornel West tonight was arguing this is really important, but the long haul of getting to where you want in terms of Culture Change and legislative change doesnt take the law, it takes another l word, which is love. You need people to want to be on board for that and to make this something more there is a long way to go. Let me just read this, if you allow me. Please. Does this sound anything like what we learned, finally learned in the courtroom . May 25th, 2020. Minneapolis, on monday evening, shortly after 8 00 p. M. , officers from the minneapolis Police Department responded to the 3700 block of Chicago Avenue South on a report of forgery in progress. Officers were advised thAt The suspect was sitting on top of a blue car and appeared to be under the influence. Two officers arrive and located the suspect, a male believed to be in his 40s in the car. He was ordered to step from his car. After he got out, and he physically resisted officers, officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering melodies stress. Okay. Did that happen . We didnt see that in the video. Officers called for an ambulance. He was transported to Hennepin County medical center by ambulance where he died a short time later. At no time were weapons of any type used by anyone involved in this incident. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has been called to investigate this incident At The request of the minneapolis Police Department. No officers were injured in the incident. Body worn cameras were on and activated during the incident. The Go Number is and puts it up there. Not once did they mention a knee on the neck. Not once did they mention the guy was calling for air, that he couldnt breathe. So what does that say about these initial reports that we get from Police Officers that we take or from Police Departments around the country that we take as gospel, and even us in the media, we sit here and read them but the officer said this, the officer said that how could he . He resisted. But, but, but, but, but. Are they to be believed . Are they gospel . My presumption is to believe the police with a trust but verify. Thats our job. I hear you. I respect you. Show me the proof. I only know what you showed. Minnesota, this Police Department has problems, has issues that have been demonstrated different ways over time. So you have to look At This isolated in one way, which is this is whAt They did. But ill tell you why its brazen. It is one thing if you and i decide to come up with a story to explain something that no one else can know the truth about. Right. But they knew they had the footage. Multiple cameras, Body Camera. They know. They did it any way. So what was their bet, that you wouldnt care about it and it would kind of Go Away . And sure, the local people are complaining. They always complain, you know what i mean . Yeah, i know whAt They said. Thats not what happened. Now you dont have the video. Well, now what happens . I do not mean to sound cynical about the police. I like Body Camera footage for them and the people they serve. Right. There can be no doubt, she or he said i did what . Check the camera. Thats not how it happened. Thats why transparency is always key. But thats how this started, don. There was no guarantee that we get here. And you say the next time. There are cases bubbling up right now. Yeah. There is a case in ohio that people are talking about right now. There is a case in ohio. But as you say, trust but verify. I always like to before you rile people up with video that you dont know the context to, that we should that we have some responsibility to know what was going on. Sure. Right . And not necessarily take the initial Police Report as gospel. But when you have video, you play that video, and you let people know whats happening. And this, when you said that legally, weve never seen this before. The Police Officer. Nonshooting situation Murder Conviction. I dont know if you saw me on in the beginning with jake. Jake was saying well, it was short. Jake, i dont know. As Black Man in america, ive seen this before. And all of the sudden, you know, you think of somethings going to go one way and it goes another. I sAt There. And usually in these events, you take some notes. But then you say well, okay, look. Once you hear the thing you say okay, its over. And you just talk about the thing, right . Because you know. I wrote down every juror when they said Juror Number 2, Yes. Because i want to see if this is actually Juror Number 9, Yes, juror 19, Yes. 27. All the way through to the end. As you said, coy not believe that it was guilty on all three counts, including the not the lesser charge, but the higher charge. There is an assumption when there is a relatively quick turnaround thAt There must have been an agreement. There can also be, and remember how this business works. It works. Everything is 2020 signed sight. If this had been a mistrial for a hung jury, everybody is oh, yeah, thats always a probability when its a quick turnaround. And thats true. There is one person or two people who say nope, i see it totally differently and ill never agree with you and people get frustrated. Usually they communicate thAt To the judge. The judge would come in. You hear the Hole Thing in the courtroom. Can you reach an agreement, whatever. When they say they cant, hell say go back and try again. Right. Also, something i remember when you were talk about o. J. The other night. I went home and it was interesting. Mario says, my son, all my kids love don. He is family. And yeah, thats how he felt during o. J. But he has a different experience. He was listening to it a different way than you are. This matters to people of color in a way because there is an Echo Effect of it. And thats true about today also. Its easy for me to say it was a pretty quick turnaround. I dont live with the apprehension thAt This will happen, it will be one thing to you and it will not be justice but just us once again, and you will not get, this and you have to be suspicious and you have to be and also, weve never seen someone get hooked on all three count, including a Murder Charge for a nonshooting situation. Remember the guy in South Carolina. Thats the case that always comes to mind for me. South carolina, traffic stop. Walter scott, older individual, winds up trying to run away from the policeman. He shoots him from behind, lies about it, maybe puts down a drop gun, and he didnt know this kid was putting him with a Cell Phone camera. And you know what happened in thAt Trial, South Carolina on the stateside . Mistrial. Yeah. But listen, i understand. Mario, listen, theyre right. For us, you know theres we get it, by the way. Our generation, big difference. They do get it. We live in a world thats divided. I dont mean divided always in opposites. We see things. Weve had different experiences. We see life through different lenses. Weve had we grew up differently. And one thing that may mean something to you, but it may mean differently to me. So Yes. Yes, you are right about that. But in the case of o. J. Simpson, i will just say what im talking about is the verdict as im sitting there and im watching all of our feeds. The anticipation and theatrics. The plaza here, the plaza there, the people listening in the barbershops and all of that. And youve seen the videos. And other people saying i cant believe this is what . That was the last time that i saw something like that. And today was just reminiscent of that in that one small aspect. And also the racial divide. Sure former president obama said the jury did the right thing today. But you know what . Real quick before we get to the former president. But i do think in one aspect, i may be wrong. I think this was based on race, but i think most whites in this country were on the side of justice. But in the o. J. Simpson trial, there was a racial division. Whites were for the most part thinking one way. Blacks were thinking the other way. But i think most people were on the right side of justice on this one. Yes. Thats why i dont conflate the case. Right. Because this was the right outcome on the facts as we saw presented. Former president obama said they did the right thing. Once again you hit the key element. I wasnt calling out every night that hey, look at all the white kids in the crowd, look at all the white people there, because i wanted to simply and only insulate black outrage from being seen as savagery, which is how it is met by a white audience when the Insurrection Wasnt met that way. But to say this one was different. This wasnt just Black Kids out there. And even in some of the unrest, chris, that you saw out there, and i had members of the Police Department saying don, i know people like to say there was unrest and they were rioting and whatever. Most of these are suburban white kids that are out there and part of that as well. We lived thAt Together. We lived that with michael brown. He gets those anarchists and one off with the masks, faukes, wear the masks. They bring the skateboards in and bash in the windows of the cars. Theyre opportunists. There are always opportunists out there. We have to separate the rioters from the protests. And most of the time, as you know, they are peaceful. Everybody is say oh, the peaceful protests. They are peace. But when Darkness Falls and the later it get, there are opportunist, people who take advantage of the situation. Look, here is what we know. It was thAt This was such a Combination Effect of something very obvious and scary to watch and how it affected people from the minority and the majority. If that doesnt stay as a combined effort, i dont know where we get. Can i ask you a question . Please, please. What do you think i asked this question to the mayor, the former mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu. Do you think the interests of white folks, do you think the interest is going to hold up . Remember, when George Floyd first happened, there were more people who said the polls were high. Saying oh, he was murdered. As time has gone on, fewer and fewer people have said that. Especially conservatives. Do you think the interests of white people it will keep the interests of white people . And do you think its going to be enough for that difference that you and i talk about all the time in people who really need to do the work the make the change many this country . It is hard to say Yes, because i have never seen that in my lifetime. Pain is personal. You know, drugs have been a scourge in minority communities for a long time. Heroin starts making its way into suburbs. All of the sudden its a big deal. Same with meth. Big deal. Pain is personal. Its your kids. Its people you know. How do you feel the interconnection, the interdependence to people when you dont have the same experience, but you know its the right thing to do . Its a hard thing to have. I hope it subststains. I hope lawmakers are pushed to make a mark on this one way or the other to make a contribution. Its hard to say it will happen when it never has. I think youre right about that one. As far as the drugs, the Heroin Thing was sort of a backwards thing. That was sort of a white kid suburban thing that went the other way. But also prescription drugs. That started in affluent community, people who could get prescriptions. And then once the whole addiction to opioids but im saying heroin, nobody cared. Nobody cared. Then opioids, now we care. Why . There. You go. Our kids. All right. Lets take a break. There is a moment of relief for many, thats fair to say. Dons question, what will it mean . Will it be a Turning Point . A lawyer for the Floyd Family who now also represents daunte wrights family. He talks about the next chapters in this fight ahead. New projects means new project managers. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. The moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. Claim your Seventy Five dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed. Com home. Not everybody wants the same thing. 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Jeff storms is going to join me now. He is a counselor here, an attorney. Thank you so much, jeff. I appreciate you joining us. Sopt sir, if you were just being honest, were you expecting guilty on all three of these counts . You know, we were. And i say that, and in some ways i wonder if i say that as a white american, you know. In my mind, with this bouquet of humanity as Jerry Blackwell put it watching, all the way down the a 9yearold girl witnesses what she knew was a murder, in my mind, i just couldnt believe that a Jury Wouldnt come back with the same result. But then when i talked to, you know, my black friends, the floyd siblings, they were relieved because they didnt have the same trust in The System. And thats so jarring for thAt To be the case in 2021. How does this you know, you said when you speak to your black friends and the Family Members there, this doesnt end for the family. How does this face against chauvin differ from the one that is set for august against the other three officers . Well, you know, i dont know if i can entirely answer that yet, because we need to see whAt That Playing Field looks like. Are there going to be plea deals. How is that case going to be prosecuted. But, you know, chauvin stood out in the mind for so many americans because of just thAt Terrible look in his face and the knee on georges neck. He was really the symbol i think that a lot of americans took away in terms of the problems with policing. And i dont know if america is going to pay attention as much to the prosecution of the other three officers, but i certainly hope they do because, you know, its important. Our work is not done here yet. Just one quick question. If you were representing the other three officers and saw the Verdict Today, would you be advising them to take some sort of a deal . What would you be have iing them to do . Yeah, absolutely. I think if you were watching the Verdict Today and even before the Verdict Today, i think it would be wise to be providing that counsel to your clients. I think the evidence is overwhelming. You think well see that . You know, its hard to say. You never know what motivations may exist. At this point in time, there are some very experienced Trial Lawyers represent ing those defendant, and they may want a day in court for their clients. I certainly wouldnt bet that were going see plea deals. There are some Trial Lawyers who are paid to try cases, and thats probably whAt Theyre prepared to do. Jeff storms, we appreciate it. Thanks for staying up late with us here on the East Coast at least. We really appreciate your time. I appreciate you. Thanks for having me. Chris, thats a very good question. If youre representing the other officers or you are one of the other officers, might your mindset be different now considering this verdict . Yes, but you lost a lot of leverage. The incentive for the prosecutors to give you a deal is now considerably less. Look, over 95 of cases are settled. Very few Go All The Way to court, to trial. But they also dont have the same exposure potentially. He was the face of this. But they do have to feel now seeing how this jury checked every box along the continuum of intent, they could well be facing trouble they did not anticipate before. At the white house, this is very interesting to see the president and the Vice President both speaking out today. The president addressing the nation after the verdict along with the Vice President. Vice president kamala harris. The president is calling on congress to act on Police Reform Legislation in floyds name. Will this congress ever work together to do that . Were right back with our breaking coverage, right after this. Id call my grandfather as a result of the reseah that ive started to do on ancestry. 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In order to deliver Real Change and reform, we can and we must do more to reduce the likelihood thAt Tragedies like this will ever happen or occur again. Like what, who, when, how. Lets discuss. We have Van Jones joining us and Charles Ramsey right now. Its good to have you both with me, and don, of course. So when you look At This situation, you cant depend on the court to create policy for how whats acceptable, what isnt and why. So what does this conviction mean to you in terms of what youve seen in the past . And what does it suggest about what you need to see going forward . I think its positive, and i think its a moment we can take advantage of. When you really look At The trial itself and who testified for the prosecution, not just the chief. I mean, you kind of expect the chief to testify, but not necessarily the rank and file. You had officers. You had a lieutenant, a sergeant. You had all those people speaking up saying no, this is not right. This is not part of policy. Its not what we do. That is a Sea Change to me, because, you know, until you have a situation where if an officer is seen doing something on the street thAt They know maybe its verbal abuse, lets say. I dont want the get too serious here. But this the locker room, some cop pulls him aside and says hey, man, we dont do that here. Thats a Culture Change. Thats when it starts to happen. You can write all the policies and have all the training in the world. Until the Peer Pressure turns around to the point where thats just not accepted, period. Thats when you start to really see a difference in my opinion. And there is nothing like the Peer Pressure of were all going to jail if you keep doing that. So all these things have to move together. You have to have the courts finally doing the right thing and prosecutors like Keith Ellison doing the right thing. You have to have that Culture Change that youre talking about. But we also have to change policy. You know, one of the things that im excited about, you talk to the people on the ground in minneapolis, they have been trying to fix this thing for a while. Theyre very smart. They have a proposal called Yes for minneapolis, which the City Council could vote on, which actually would create an Office Of Public Safety above the Police Department so they can control when you send in police, when you send in health care, when you send in crisis intervention. Theyre trying to be more sophisticated about how to meet the need for public safety and mental health. Youre starting to see sophistication At The grassroots level in minneapolis. Thats important. That should be matched by sophistication in congress. The senate needs to move. The house has already passed everything you need. The senate right now could ban chokeholds. They could ban they could make sure that all cops have a duty to intervene when something like happens. They could create a registry right now for bad cops like chauvin. Right now the senate is doing nothing. Cory booker is trying to fix thAt Tim scott is trying to fix that. You have grassroots. Now the senate could move now. You could change policy, Law And Culture and get something done. Thats the push. And all of that is very important. Yes, sir. I think what youre saying very important, as we talk about any other ism, whether its sexism or racism. Its not incumbent on women to solve sexism. Its not on black people to solve racism. And its not on the public to solve police brutality. Its on the police to do it. You create all the laws you want, but as you said, unless police actually put them into practice when there is no camera, whether its a Body Camera or from a Cell Phone, then the big difference, the real difference is not going to be made, chief ramsey. I think youre exactly right. Most conduct is not criminal. I agree with van. But most misconduct is not you do. But its not criminal. And you got to start with the small stuff and make it clear. And people know, if youre taking that action on the small stuff, i know what youre going to do if it was something more than that. Something like verbal abuse. Most of those complaints go not sustained. But if you get the same cop over and over and over again, i mean, at what point in time do you say wait a minute, this guy doesnt know how to talk to people. He is not doing things proper. At what point in time. And that undermines the safety of police, because now the young people say these guys dont respect us. We dont have to respect them. I do want to point out my life would have been totally different, totally different if in 1992 the Rodney King Verdict had been handled this way. You cant understand what it means to be a young person of color as we were, don, when this skrerk came down. It put my life in completely different direction. I spent literally ten years of my life copping out of law school, suing Police Departments, trying to close Juvenile Justice centers because i felt it was against me personally. You now have a generation of young people who say we marched and it mattered. With evoted for Keith Ellison, and it mattered. Theyre going to be potentially Real Change makers for a long time because they actually got a victory. We never got a victory, don. I spent My 20s And 30s and never got this kind of victory. That was my first big story was the Rodney King Verdict when i moved here from louisiana, moved to New York and i started working at Channel 5 on 202 east 67th Street on the upper east side. The big thing, which shaped me as a journalist was the Rodney King Verdict, and then shortly after that was the o. J. Simpson verdict. Hi, why cant we all just get along. Why cant we get along. Weve all changed and why cant we all just get along. Why cant we get along, him standing there in front of that podium saying that. Lets take that. Were going to go to break. When we come back, lets get to the hard part, okay . Now this could have been the hard part. This could have never happened had the Minnesota Police had their way in the beginning. Sorry, but its true. Just go back and look At Their original statement. Now you will have people weaponize this moment and say look whAt They did. Look what its all about now. And now theyre targeting us. And now here it comes. All of the ugliness to play to white fright is real too, and will be used here. Its already happening. Its already happening. Right on our watch. So lets discuss, right after this. And that ending was so intense. I know, i didnt even see it coming. Are you gonna watch . Eventually you know the drill. humming never fear, girlwhohasyettowatchher friendsfavoriteshows andfilmsoftheyear, its time to celebrate the biggest week in television. Now you can see these shows. 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There is no rule that departments comply. There is no standard for what is use of force, what is abuse of force. So we had to go to this guy in Bowling Green who is a professor who tracks it on his own since 2005 to get data. How important is it to measure and track in terms of change . Well, its very important. You Cant Fix Something if you dont really understand the Nature And Extent of the problem. And so you need to have the data. You need to be able to see whats going on if you stand a chance of trying to do anything about it. Now as long as ive been in policing, its never been mandatory that you report to the fbi. Now i grew up in the chicago Police Department, and we used to report to the fbi, because i had the make out reports. If you were injured or if Someone Else was injured in your custody, you had to make it out. I know other departments that never made it out. So you never had an accurate count. You never knew what was going on. Now back in those days, you didnt have the kind of connectivity that we have today and databases and all that sort of thing. But there is no excuse for it. All that stuff should be mandatory, in my opinion. I think Thats Part of why this George Floyd act is so important. The idea of having a registry, being able to collect data. If you dont measure it, it doesnt get done. Thats just the bottom line. And its got to be mandatory. Its got to be mandatory. It has to. Now when you have a department under a consent decree, sometimes they do for those purposes. But the vast majority of Police Departments are not under consent decree. Van, when you look At The Police Report, how they reported it out, are the departments reporting it accurately what happened . Who is going to oversee that part . Look, and i think that is something that people need to look. At. You a lot of people saying this verdict vindicates The System. It proves The System works. You guys have been complaining and complaining. Sit down, shut up, you got your victory. No, no, no, no. This proves the opposite. This proves that you have to make The System work. On its own, The System coughed up a Fur Ball of a false report from the beginning and the initial charging from the local prosecutor was terrible, and it took jayz calling the governor. It took people rising up for the governor to give the case to Keith Ellison, who then did a great job. But none of that happened automatically. It all happened because of extraordinary advocacy from celebrities grassroots and everybody in between. So, again, even if were going to say you want to be able to measure and monitor, its still going to take a tremendous amount of ongoing community. Which one of you knows about this. Ive heard people say to get these kind of experts, to fly them in. Yeah. It costs a lot of money. A lot of money. Usually states dont have that amount of resources. How did that happen this time . It was Keith Ellison. Keith ellison knew what was at stake . Can we brag on Keith Ellison for one second. Ive known Keith Ellison since he was a grassroots organizer. He has this slogan, everybody counts, Everybody Matters. He is this firebrand young guy and ran for congress with that everybody count, Everybody Matters slogan. He runs for attorney general. Everybody gets behind him. African american, muslim younger guy gets in there turns out elections matter. Voting matters. Leadership matters. He put everything he could on the table to make sure that it happened. And thats how you got the victory. Anything short of, that we would have had the same sad Outcome Weve had for what, 20 years, don . 30 years . Yeah. He said this what did he say, this was Michael Jordan i think he said. A team of Michael Jordan. This is a team of Michael Jordans. He went and found lawyers that werent even his lawyers. Everybody i know said states dont have these kinds of resources. Where did they get all of these expert witnesses and so on from . You dont see it. You did see it this time. And that obviously made all the difference. Yeah, but he now he set a standard. What happens the next time or the next time or the next time . So resources have to be made. And it shouldnt be something that you got to fight for every year. The budget has to be there for ags or whoever it is to put on a decent case. Back with more of the verdict right after this. Texmex. Texmex. Termites. Go back up Hang On i am hanging on. Dont mess up your deck with texmex. Terminix. Hi. Michael This Is The Story of two brothers. Is to terminix it. David my grandfather, pinchas. Michael my greatgreat grandfather, rachmaiel. Gigi pinky and rocky. Si there was an uprising in poland. David and then the. Michael they scattered around in d. Gigi they worked hard. Simi and built new lives. Michael but rocky and pinkys famili didnt see Each Other again. All . Until now. David more than 100 years later, ancestry helped connect us to our ancestors and Each Other. And i will lend a hand to you ancestry helped connect us to our ancestors would you lend a hand to me . Everybody deserves to be free there is bittersweet jubilation At The Murder Conviction in the death of George Floyd. Thank you so much for joining. What does this mean for you . I have so many mixed feelings of just looking At Today. I went into the day with cautious optimism. Because for me it was always clear what happened on camera. What happened to George Floyd. He was murdered. I think it says a lot that so many black americans were holding their breath and prepared to be disappointed. The bright spot in today is that we saw the courage was finally rewarded for all The By Standers who stood up and recorded and stook the witness stand. They got the verdict that reflected accountability. And unfortunately for people likeric Gardener And Breonna taylor and their Families Dhint have that. Its a mixed day of emotions. I want you to listen to prosecutor black well. What he said after the verdict. No verdict can bring George Floyd back to us. This verdict does give a message to his family. He was somebody. His life mattered. All of our lives mattered. And thats important. Is that whAt This is all about . Seeing humanity in George Floyd and people who may have may brush up against Police Officers in this society . It breaks me heart we have to argue even the humanity of suspects. Particularly black suspects. We know that were dehumanized often when we look at basic interactions. Thinking of lieutenant najah bazzy. Out in virginia. Someone serving this doesnt and treated with disrespect. Those types of interactions. Harassment or losing your life. We see that black lives arent valued in the same way white lives are. Its hard for people to swallow. I hope this case reflects that even a Police Officer who thinks he can get away with this and do this blatantly on camera. Well call you out. Were going to recognize the humanity of our brothers and sisters. I have to say that when i think about justice, justice is going to be when we dont have to police the police. So we have celebrated the courage of the young lady for recording. And all of the people who came together to make this happen. Even the Police Officers who took the stand and who denounced what Derek Chauvin did. Why do we have to record . What happens when Dwoent Record . When the police provide a different account of what happened. And black victims dont get the benefit of the doubt. Theres a ways to go. This sent a very clear message that you cannot snuff out our life. So blatantly and think thAt There wont be consequences in this case. Now we need justice in the other cases. Thats why the work will continue. Youre right. It will be a good day when we dont police the police. We have to hold people to account. No matter the profession. Thank you so much. I appreciate your time. 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