Derek Chauvin found guilty on 3 charges in murder of George Floyd.
The jury has spoken, and found Derek Chauvin guilty in the death of George Floyd. The former Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd, who was handcuffed and face down on the pavement, for more than 9 minutes at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue last May.
Chauvin was taken into custody and will be sentenced in eight weeks.
The incident was filmed by a teenager and set off a national racial reckoning after decades in which police killed Black men and were rarely punished.
Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder; guilty of third-degree murder; and guilty of second-degree manslaughter.
Prosecutors laid out a case over the course of 15 days that Floyd died due to a lack of oxygen, or asphyxiation, after C...