Derek Chauvin Found Guilty On All Charges In Killing Of George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS (CBS SF) -- A jury in Minneapolis has found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges in the killing of George Floyd.
The jurors found Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. During an arrest on May 25, 2020, Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for about nine minutes while Floyd was face down in the street, handcuffed and calling out "I can't breathe."
The killing, which was captured on bystander cellphone video, sparked an uproar over the repeated police killings of African Americans and set off protests across the country and around the world.
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