Chauvin Trial

Gianna Floyd, George Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter, delivered her victim impact statement via video during Derek Chauvin’s sentencing hearing Friday. She said “I miss him and I love him” and she “asks about him all the time.”

A juror who cast one of the unanimous votes to convict a white former Minneapolis police officer of killing George Floyd said deliberations were primarily spent trying to convince one person who was uncertain about part of the jury instructions

Actor and director Regina King is acknowledging the difficult year during an opening straight out of the movies for the 2021 Oscars

An alternate juror at the trial of Derek Chauvin said she agreed with the jury’s decision to convict him in George Floyd’s death

Crowds nationwide have reacted with jubilation but also with deep awareness of the progress left to be made after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin of murder in the killing of George Floyd.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on Tuesday night after a Minnesota jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the death of George Floyd.

In Minneapolis, hundreds cheered outside the Hennepin County District Courthouse after Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts in the death of George Floyd. On Twitter, public figures and activists stressed that there’s still much work to be done.

George Floyd’s death, captured on video, caused global outrage. The guilty verdicts for the man who killed him, Derek Chauvin, have led to what some described as a sigh of relief. Here are some reactions that followed the verdict.

A Minnesota jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that triggered worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.

On the last day of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial for George Floyd’s death, prosecutor Steve Schleicher and defense attorney Eric Nelson made their closing arguments.

Dr. David Fowler, an expert witness called by the defense Wednesday at the murder trial of former officer Derek Chauvin, cited heart disease, drug use and possible carbon monoxide poisoning as contributing factors in George Floyd’s death.

Seth Stoughton, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, delivered damning testimony in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, saying, “No reasonable officer would have believed that that was an appropriate, acceptable or reasonable use of force.”

Covering the trial of ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd is a particularly intense experience for Black journalists.

Dr. Martin Tobin, world-renowned pulmonologist, testified at the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin that overall health was not a factor in the death of George Floyd. “Any healthy person subjected to what Mr. Floyd was subjected to would have died as a result of what he was subjected to.”

On Monday, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified that former officer Derek Chauvin violated multiple department policies when restraining George Floyd.

Minneapolis Police Lt. Richard Zimmerman testified Friday during the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin that Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck was “totally unnecessary.”

Charles McMillian, 61, broke down on the witness stand while watching video of George Floyd’s killing. McMillian said he pulled over his car to see what was going on and can be seen having a conversation with Floyd while officers tried to get Floyd into the police vehicle.

In Monday’s trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, prosecutors called as first witness 911 dispatcher Jena Lee Scurry, who saw the arrest taking place on a live feed police camera.