There were emotional scenes, as people hugged each other and cried. Chants of"George Floyd" and"All three counts" also broke out.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerAt Minneapolis's George Floyd square, where Mr Floyd was killed and which is now named after him, people screamed, applauded and wept.US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris called Mr Floyd's family moments after the verdict.
Video filmed by bystanders showed Chauvin's knee pressed into Mr Floyd's neck and back for almost nine minutes as he gasped for breath.
Who can say how differently this story may have played out had the teenager not recorded and shared on social media the anguished death of Mr Floyd? Before Chauvin, only one police officer in Minnesota had been convicted of murder - and he was a Muslim Somali-American. "There are no winners in this case and we respect the jury's decision. We need the political pandering to stop and the race baiting of elected officials to stop. In addition, we need to stop the divisive comments and we all need to do better to create a Minneapolis we all love.
He'll get the verdict overturned in the Appeal court.🤞
evil cop probably became a cop to get away with evil stuff, bet he guilty of msn other evil criminal acts, he going to have one long jail life of sufferance, payback for all his evil sins.
He should be taken to prison full of dark skin
He didn’t murder him on his own. Now convict the others who helped to hold him down, they knew what was happening and did nothing.
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