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Faizel Patel – 20/04/2021
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all charges in the murder trial of George Floyd,
Judge Peter Cahill read out the verdict in open court on Tuesday afternoon.
The Hills reports ittook the jury less than a day to come to its decision.
Chauvin was found guilty on all three of the criminal counts that he was facing, second-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter and third-degree murder.
Graphic bystander footage of the fatal arrest showed 46-year-old Floyd pleading with Chauvin that he couldn’t breathe as the officer pinned him to the street, his knee on Floyd’s neck.
Chauvin’s knee remained on Floyd’s neck for well over nine minutes, even after Floyd became unresponsive.
Floyd died a short time later at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Prosecutors argued it was an intentional act that directly led to Floyd’s death, while the officer’s defense portrayed it as a normal form of police work.
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