will george floyd s name be placed alongside michael brown, eric garner, philando castio and so many others where the officers involved in the killings were not held accountable? that doesn t cover the countless others who never even had their day in court to try to hold their killers accountable. or will a family in this country finally see some justice against someone who took an oath to protect and serve. will there be some accountability for what can only be described as continued and growingdemic of police violence in america. before the jury began deliberated, the prosecution and defense made their closing arguments. the prosecution told jurors they nieve to believe their own eyes and their common sense. the knee to the neck, the knee to the back, twisting his fingers, holding his legs for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. the defendant s weight on him. the lungs in his chest unable to expand because there wasn t enough room to breathe. george floyd tried. this wasn t policin
fabricated facts so there were multiple references to that, that we were shading the truth, right? i mean, again, so multiple objections. this is essentially governed by state versus mcdaniel, the final argument of a prosecutor is governed by a unique set of rules which differs from those governing counsel in civil suit and even those governing defense counsel in a very same criminal trial. the special rules follow directly from the prosecutor s inherent hue nuclear role in the criminal justice system which mandates that the prosecutor not act as a zealous advocate for criminal punishment but as a representative of the people in an effort to seek justice. for example, that when a prosecutor argues that a defense is meritless, you can not belittle the defense even in the abstract or subjecting that the defense was raised because that s the only defense. there s lots of law on this, your honor and essentially these comments, the repeated comments constitute prosecutorial miscon
rebuttal flipping that narrative. you were told, for example, that mr. floyd died that mr. floyd died because his heart was too big. you heard that testimony. the reason george floyd is dead is because mr. chauvin s heart was too small. as jury deliberations play out, the nation is bracing for the possibility of unrest. law enforcement agencies in minneapolis and in other cities around the country are preparing for any violence that could be sparked by the outcome of the trial. this as lawmakers are facing renewed pressure to act finally on police reform in some sort of bipartisan compromise. cnn s josh campbell is in minneapolis and will be in the courtroom today. josh, we don t know how many days the jury will deliberate. they ll start later this morning. tell us how things will play out. i think it s important first for those who may not have served on a jury to understand just how personality driven this process is. think about it. you have 12 members of the publi
derrek chauvin is guilty of the three charges, second degree unintentional murder, third degree murder, second degree manslaughter. the jury just the jury must reach unanimous verdict on each charge to convict or acquit. and with chauvin s future in the hands of the jury, minneapolis is preparing for more protests and possibly more violence. you can see right there, businesses near the courthouse, they boarded up. national guard troops have been deployed to the downtown area and razor wire and barricades have also been put up. and it s not just minneapolis now. other cities across the country are preparing as well, stepping up security ahead of the eventual verdict. let s start in minneapolis. sara sidner is live outside the courthouse. it is now watch and wait. what you are hearing about jury deliberations so far? the jury has been deliberating they deliberated four hours yesterday from 4:00 to can and started deliberations today at 9:00 p.m. new york time, 8:00 p.m. l
as a precautionary measure, national guard troops have been deployed in downtown minneapolis, and the twin cities are not alone. chicago, philadelphia, washington, d.c., many cities across the u.s. are preparing for any and all reactions. and president biden called the family of george floyd last night. he weighed in with his hopes for the verdict now that the jury has been sequestered. let s get right to minneapolis where 12 of chauvin s peers, five men, seven women, four black, six white, two multiracial, are considering three weeks of testimony from dozens of witnesses, hours of evidence, and their decisions must be unanimous. cnn s sara sidner joins us live from outside the courthouse. sara, we ve not heard much about the jurors. what do we know about their process so far? reporter: so, they ve been very quiet but that is likely because they are looking over evidence and trying to come to a decision. they started last night, actually, between 4:00 and 8:00, they delib