He was expected to address the verdict later Tuesday.
He said that the verdict is not justice in itself, but that it is "accountability, which is the first step toward justice."Īfter it was announced that the jury would deliver its verdict on Tuesday afternoon, Biden canceled planned remarks on an infrastructure proposal he is attempting to pass in Congress. "He mattered because he was a human being, and there is no way you can turn away from that reality," Ellison said. He was loved by his family and his friends." Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who oversaw the prosecution, said at a press conference that "George Floyd mattered. Whether Chauvin was found guilty or acquitted was widely seen as a test of America's system of justice. The video of Floyd's death became a vivid illustration to many of the way Black men are often treated at the hands of law enforcement. The case has been at the forefront of the anti-racist movement that gained steam during former President Donald Trump's term in office and ignited around the country in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. President Joe Biden, in a phone call with Floyd's family that Crump recorded and posted online, pledged to accomplish meaningful police reform and told them that "nothing is going to make it all better, but at least now there's some justice." "This case is a turning point in American history for accountability of law enforcement and sends a clear message we hope is heard clearly in every city and every state," Ben Crump, an attorney for Floyd's family, said in a statement. After the verdicts were read, Chauvin was handcuffed and escorted out of the courtroom. Sentencing guidelines call for sentences short of the maximum.Ĭahill said that sentencing would take place in eight weeks. Second-degree manslaughter has a maximum of 10 years. Third-degree murder has a maximum penalty of 25 years. Second-degree murder carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison. Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer how he would plead to the charge, he said: "Not guilty, your honor.Video of Chauvin holding his knee on or near Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes last May, while Floyd was prone and handcuffed, spurred months of protests and reanimated the movement opposing police brutality against Black men. Chauvin appeared via videoconference in Thursday's hearing and, when asked by U.S.Kueng and Tou Thao pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in the Floyd case on Tuesday.ĭriving the news: Chauvin allegedly violated the civil rights of a then-14-year-old boy in 2017, when he allegedly "held the teen by the throat, hit him in the head with a flashlight and held his knee on the boy’s neck and upper back while he was prone, handcuffed and not resisting," AP reports. Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers were accused of violating Floyd's civil rights when they handcuffed him and pinned his face to the ground.The big picture: Chauvin was found guilty in April for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's death and was sentenced to 22.5 years. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleaded not guilty on Thursday to violating the civil rights of a teenager in a 2017 case that involved a restraint similar to the one used in the murder of George Floyd, AP reports.
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