Floyd died after being restrained by former Minneapolis police officer during arrest last May. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens as his defence attorney Eric Nelson gives closing arguments at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis on Monday. Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, which was captured on video and sparked worldwide protests over racism and police brutality. Chauvin had been charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in connection with Floyd’s death. A jury found him guilty on all three counts Tuesday afternoon. Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin pressed his knees on his neck and back for more than nine minutes as two other officers held him face-down on the pavement while he was handcuffed. He had been detained outside a convenience store on suspicion of paying with a counterfeit bill.The jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with killing George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who died while being restrained by police during an arrest last May.
via cbc: Derek Chauvin guilty of murder, manslaughter in death of George Floyd
siehe auch: Er tötete George Floyd – Ex-Polizist Derek Chauvin wegen Mordes verurteilt. Ende Mai 2020 hatte Chauvin den Afroamerikaner Floyd in Minneapolis bei einer Polizeikontrolle getötet. Nun fällte die zwölfköpfige Prozessjury das Urteil. Ex-Polizist Derek Chauvin ist wegen Mordes an George Floyd verurteilt worden. Das gab Richter Peter Cahill am Dienstagnachmittag (Ortszeit) bekannt. Die zwölfköpfige Jury befand Chauvin in allen drei Anklagepunkten schuldig: Mord zweiten Grades (bis zu 40 Jahre Haft), Mord dritten Grades (bis zu 25 Jahre Haft) und Totschlag zweiten Grades (bis zu 10 Jahre Haft). Die Beratungen der zwölf Geschworenen dauerten am Montag und Dienstag insgesamt elf Stunden an. (…) Floyds letzte Worte „I can’t breathe“ wurden zum Motto der größten Protestbewegung gegen Rassismus und Polizeigewalt seit Jahrzehnten. Seitdem wird immer wieder vor dem Gerichtsgebäude in Minneapolis demonstriert. Auch am Dienstag hatten sich hunderte Demonstranten vor dem Gerichtsgebäude in Minneapolis versammelt, die angespannt auf die Urteilsverkündung warteten.
