Activist groups in Jacksonville react to guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin trial
Ex-officer found guilty of murder, manslaughter in George Floyd’s death
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In this image from video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens as the verdict is read in his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
The jury reached its verdict less than a year after Chauvin, who is white, pinned the 46-year-old Black man down with a knee to his neck last May.