led. when i became the lead prosecutor, i asked for time and patience to review the facts, gather evidence, and prosecute for the murder of george floyd to the fullest extent the law allowed. i went to thank the community for giving us that time and allowing us to do our work. that long, hard, painstaking work has culminated today. i would not call today is verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. but it is accountability, the first step towards justice. and now, the cause of justice is in your hands. when i see your hands when i say your hands, i mean the people of the united states. george floyd mattered. he was loved by his family and friends. his death shocked the conscience of our community, our country, the whole world. he was loved by his family and friends, but that isn t why he mattered. he mattered because he was a human being. and there is no way we can turn away from that reality. the people who stopped and raised their voices on may
[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] shortly after the guilty verdict was announced, the prosecution team joined minnesota attorney general keith ellison for a news conference outside the white house. outside the courthouse. attorney general ellison: good afternoon, everyone. my name is keith ellison, attorney general of minnesota. since the prosecution of this case began last may, everyone involved has pursued one goal justice. we pursued justice wherever it led. when i became the lead prosecutor, i asked for time and patience to review the facts, gather evidence, and prosecute for the murder of george floyd to the fullest extent the law allowed. i want to thank the community for giving us that time and allowing us to do our work. that long, hard, painstaking work has culminated today. i would not call today is ve
involved has pursued one goal justice. we pursued justice wherever it led. when i became the lead prosecutor, i asked for time and patience to review the facts, gather evidence, and prosecute for the murder of george floyd to the fullest extent the law allowed. i want to thank the community for giving us that time and allowing us to do our work. that long, hard, painstaking work has culminated today. i would not call today is verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. but it is accountability, the first step towards justice. and now, the cause of justice is in your hands. when i say your hands, i mean the people of the united states. george floyd mattered. he was loved by his family and friends. his death shocked the conscience of our community, our country, the whole world. he was loved by his family and friends, but that isn t why he mattered. he mattered because he was a human being. and there is no way we can turn away from that reality. the pe
that everybody who is important in this case is in that courtroom and that he s got everything lined up. john hendren with the latest from outside the courthouse in minneapolis john you re monitoring developments there for us but for the moment thank you let s go to mary frances berry professor of american thought and history at the university of pennsylvania and also the former chair of the u.s. commission on civil rights she joins me now by skype from new orleans madame thank you so much for joining us here 3 on out you followed the trial 3 weeks of trial you ve heard that the fence in the prosecution what is your reaction to the fact that the jury reached a verdict and what was it 11 hours of deliberation or so. right the history of these things is a trials is that if the jury stays out a lesser amount of time and this is considered a small amount and then the verdict is likely to be guilty we don t know if that s true i mean not guilty if they stay out longer limb their q
he was joined by members of the prosecution team in the derek chauvin trial. attorney general ellison: good afternoon, everyone. my name is keith ellison, attorney general of minnesota. since the prosecution of this case began last may, everyone involved has pursued one goal justice. we pursued justice wherever it led. when i became the lead prosecutor, i asked for time and patience to review the facts, gather evidence, and prosecute for the murder of george floyd to the fullest extent the law allowed. i want to thank the community for giving us that time and allowing us to do our work. that long, hard, painstaking work has culminated today. i would not call today is verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. but it is accountability, the first step towards justice. and now, the cause of justice is in your hands. when i say your hands, i mean the people of the united states. george floyd mattered. he was loved by his family and friends. his death s