Good morning to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is a Special Edition of new day. Im John Berman alongside brianna keilar. The jury found Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts. Chauvin is in a Prison Cell this morning and he may remain there for decades after his sentence is handed down in two months. Overnight at the intersection where George Floyd drew his final breath, celebrations and a sense of overwhelming relief. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. Say his name. George floyd. George Floyds Family. His brother says he can now sleep for the first time in a year. President biden and Vice President harris called the Floyd Family soon after the verdict was announced, the president urging people to confront Police Brutality and systemic racism. I cant breathe. Those are George Floyds last words. We cant let those words die with him. We have to keep hearing those words. We must not turn away. We cant turn
Tribune, the front page, which john was talking about. You see here it says, convicted jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murder. This is something many people, minnasotans in particular say they hoped they would see it but feared they wouldnt see it, specifically citing the case of philando castile, a similar fashion. He was pulled over not in minneapolis but a similar suburb, a traffic stop. The aftermath of that was caught on camera. He was shot and killed. People thought because there was video the officer in that case would be not only charged but convicted. He wasnt. So when the jury read the Verdict Yesterday, there was a wide range of emotion. Some people were quiet as they listened, just to take it all in, really processing what they had just heard. And then here in the Downtown Area just outside of the Hennepin County Government center where the verdict was read, there was a symphony of celebration. That celebration was led by cars blowing their horns and people crying. This