{"id":122031,"date":"2021-04-20T21:16:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T21:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=122031"},"modified":"2021-04-20T21:16:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T21:16:52","slug":"derek-chauvin-found-guilty-of-murder-in-george-floyd-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/derek-chauvin-found-guilty-of-murder-in-george-floyd-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder in George Floyd case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minneapolis:<\/strong> Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who was filmed kneeling on the neck of black Minneapolis resident George Floyd on May 25 last year, has been found guilty of two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter.<\/p>\n

The jury verdict was one of the most closely keenly anticipated in recent American history given the high-profile, emotionally-charged nature of the trial.<\/p>\n

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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pictured during the trial\u2019s closing arguments this week. <\/span>Credit:<\/span>Pool<\/cite><\/p>\n

Graphic mobile phone footage of Floyd\u2019s death sparked protests against racial injustice across the world and triggered a national debate on police reform.<\/p>\n

Chauvin, a 19-year police force veteran, was charged with two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter.<\/p>\n

The members of the jury, seven women and five men, took around 10 hours to reach their verdict. Six of the jurors were white, four were black and two were multiracial.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day President Joe Biden said he had spoken to the Floyd family and that he was \u201cpraying the verdict is the right verdict\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is overwhelming in my view,\u201d he said, stressing that he had not commented on the trial until the jury had been sequestered.<\/p>\n

Outside the courtroom Courtney Ross, who was Floyd\u2019s girlfriend, said: \u201cHe was funny and silly and prayerful and a man of god.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was out of this world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chauvin is only the second known police officer in Minnesota\u2019s history to be convicted of murder for an on-duty killing. The first was Mohamed Noor in 2019, the police officer who shot dead Australian woman Justine Damond outside her Minneapolis home two years earlier.<\/p>\n

Second-degree murder, the most serious of Chauvin\u2019s three charges, required prosecutors to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Chauvin caused Floyd\u2019s death while committing or attempting to commit another felony \u2013 in this case, a physical assault.<\/p>\n


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\u201cIt is not necessary for the state to prove the defendant had an intent to kill George Floyd,\u201d trial Judge Peter Cahill told the jury. \u201cBut it must prove that the defendant committed, or attempted to commit, the underlying felony.\u201d<\/p>\n

The third-degree murder charge required the prosecution to prove that Chauvin had unintentionally caused Floyd\u2019s death while acting with \u201creckless disregard for human life\u201d.<\/p>\n

The second-degree manslaughter charge required proof that Floyd had created an unreasonable risk by consciously behaving in a way that could cause death or great bodily harm to someone else.<\/p>\n

Chauvin did not testify during the trial, instead choosing to invoke his right not to incriminate himself, by pleading the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution.<\/p>\n

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