we bowed dear god, we come to the same spot we bowed at dear god, we come to the same spot we bowed at the beginning of the trial asking to get this family strength and give them grace. and you ve strength and give them grace. and you ve brought us now to the end of this particular proceeding. they will say this particular proceeding. they will say it this particular proceeding. they will say it is more time than any time will say it is more time than any time in will say it is more time than any time in history but we will say that history time in history but we will say that history has time in history but we will say that history has been long under serving its citizens history has been long under serving its citizens. and we humbly thank you for its citizens. and we humbly thank you for giving this family the strength to stand where other families strength to stand where other families didn t even get a court date families didn t even get a court date w
co following the sentencing hearing of derek chauvin, george floyd s family, along with rev. al sharpton and floyd family lawyer ben crump, held a conference outside of minneapolis. as we prepared to play to pray, sentencing is the longest sentence we have seen, but it is not justice or george floyd. chauvin will be in jail. but it does not feel like we are here to celebrate, because justice would have been george floyd never having been killed. justice would have been the maximum. we have been disappointed so many times before. 22 and a half years is longer we ve ever gotten, but shorter than what we should have gotten. let us remember, a man lost his life, this is not a prayer of celebration, it is a prayer to thank god for giving the strength of this family and those activists that stayed in the streets to make sure this court had to do what was right. let me repeat for those in the back, because those are the ones that marched. this is the longest sentence they have e
verdict and this sentencing is the longest sentence we have seen, but it is not justice or george floyd. chauvin will be in jail. but it does not feel like we are here to celebrate, because justice would have been george floyd never having been killed. justice would have been the maximum. we have been disappointed so many times before. 22 and a half years is longer we ve ever gotten, but shorter than what we should have gotten. let us remember, a man lost his life, this is not a prayer of celebration, it is a prayer to thank god for giving the strength of this family and those activists that stayed in the streets to make sure this court had to do what was right. let me repeat for those in the back, because those are the ones that marched. this is the longest sentence they have ever given, but it is not justice. justice is george floyd would be alive. justice is that they would have have they done sentences like this before, maybe show that would not have thought he would ve
verdict and this sentencing is the longest sentence we have seen, but it is not justice or george floyd. chauvin will be in jail. but it does not feel like we are here to celebrate, because justice would have been george floyd never having been killed. justice would have been the maximum. we have been disappointed so many times before. 22 and a half years is longer we ve ever gotten, but shorter than what we should have gotten. let us remember, a man lost his life, this is not a prayer of celebration, it is a prayer to thank god for giving the strength of this family and those activists that stayed in the streets to make sure this court had to do what was right. let me repeat for those in the back, because those are the ones that marched. this is the longest sentence they have ever given, but it is not justice. justice is george floyd would be alive. justice is that they would have have they done sentences like this before, maybe show that would not have thought he would ve
heard them loudly and clearly. and it was very smart on the part of the prosecution to bring that back in to his closing statement, because the jury really needed to hear that. and i m grateful that darnella frazier learned that this was a guilty verdict on all counts and that she s relieved and i m hoping and thinking that the others in that crowd will have some sense of relief and the family, also, will have some sense of relief, obviously they ll never be the same again, but i do think that having this guilty verdict really makes a difference. i remember when george floyd s daughter was being held up on, i think it was her uncle s shoulders and she said, my father made a difference. her father really has made a difference. this is clearly a tipping point, and i think perhaps going forward we will see more guilty verdicts, when the evidence supports exactly that. terri austin with us from the law and crime network. terri, thank you. and stick with us here, as our coverage