WASHINGTON – Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nation’s policing laws, heeding President Joe Biden’s admonition that the guilty verdict in George Floyd’s death is “not enough” for a nation confronting a legacy of police violence.

Legislation that was once stalled on Capitol Hill is now closer than ever to consensus, lawmakers of both parties said Wednesday, a day after a Minneapolis jury found former officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death.

Behind the scenes, negotiations are narrowing on a compromise for a sweeping overhaul, though passage remains uncertain. Tuesday's verdict launches “a new phase of a long struggle to bring justice to America,” declared Rep.

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Biden to pitch sweeping 'family plan' in speech to Congress

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Chauvin sentencing in Floyd death pushed back to June 25

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President Biden's first address to Congress is invite-only

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Biden's first address to Congress is invite-only

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Turkey summons US ambassador after Biden recognizes Armenian genocide

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For 3 ex-cops, will blaming Chauvin for Floyd's death work?

MINNEAPOLIS – With Derek Chauvin convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death, activists and the Floyd family are turning their attention to this summer's trial for the other three officers involved in his May 2020 arrest.

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Six people killed at hands of U.S. police within 24 hours of George Floyd verdict

the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the former police officer, the jubilation at what many saw as justice in the death of George Floyd — even then, blood flowed on America’s streets.And even then, some of that blood was shed at the hands of law enforcement.At least six people were fatally shot by officers across the United States in the 24 hours after jurors reached a verdict in the murder case against Chauvin on Tuesday.A 16-year-old girl in Columbus, Ohio.An oft-arrested man in Escondido, California.A 42-year-old man in eastern North Carolina.The deaths, in some cases, sparked new cries for justice.

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1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours

Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the former police officer, the jubilation at what many saw as justice in the death of George Floyd — even then, blood flowed on America’s streets.

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Key moments in closing arguments of Chauvin trial

MINNEAPOLIS – After nearly three weeks of testimony including heart-wrenching bystander statements and technical medical information, attorneys in Derek Chauvin's murder trial presented their closing arguments.

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Chocolate chip diplomacy: Biden courts Congress with gusto

WASHINGTON – The pictures always make it look so presidential: Joe Biden sitting in a tall-back chair, surrounded by the arrayed members of Congress invited for a meeting at the White House.

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Court record: Chauvin to be sentenced June 16 in Floyd death

MINNEAPOLIS – Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, will be sentenced in June.

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Asia stocks mixed after Wall St falls on Biden tax report

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Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement

PHILADELPHIA – Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began recirculating on social media. It attributed Floyd's death to “medical distress” and made no mention that the Black man had been pinned to the ground at the neck by Chauvin, or that he'd cried out that he couldn't breathe.

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Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after verdict

Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad daylight during a confrontation.

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George Floyd and Emmett Till families see parallels in loss

CHICAGO – A Black Chicago teen’s lynching in 1955 galvanized the civil rights movement. A Black Minneapolis man’s killing by police last year propelled a worldwide call for racial justice and ending police brutality.

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George Floyd’s brother defends Las Vegas Raiders ‘I Can Breathe’ tweet: 'Let's take this breath together'

FILE - George Floyd's brother Philonise Floyd raises a fist speaks at a press conference at the Minneapolis Convention Center on March 12, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. RELATED: Derek Chauvin new mugshot after murder convictionAdvertisementThe tweet, sent by the team’s official account on Tuesday, was of a photo that reads "I CAN BREATHE 4-20-21."Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter on Tuesday for causing Floyd’s death.Raiders owner Mark Davis said he was driving when the verdict was announced and heard Floyd’s brother, Philonise, make the statement that "we can all breathe again" and decided to make that message the team’s response."I thought that said a lot," Davis said in a phone interview with The Associated Press.

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DOJ opens investigation into Minneapolis Police Department practices

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Black teen girl shot and killed by police in Columbus, Ohio: officials

Just hours before the verdict was read in the Derek Chauvin trial, a Black teenager in Columbus, Ohio was shot and killed by police responding to a call of a person with a knife. In body cam video released by police, a girl can be seen charging at another girl while holding a knife.

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Derek Chauvin new mugshot after murder conviction

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (DOC)(FOX 9) - The Minnesota Department of Corrections released a new mugshot of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin after he was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd and booked into the Oak Park Heights maximum security prison.Chauvin is being held at the prison as he awaits sentencing on murder and manslaughter convictions. A jury found Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter and third-degree murder in the death of George Floyd.Meanwhile, U.S.

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Floyd verdict sparks hope, inspiration for activists abroad

PARIS – The guilty verdict in the trial over George Floyd's death was not just celebrated in America. It signaled hope for those seeking racial justice and fighting police brutality on the other side of the Atlantic, where Black Lives Matter has also become a rallying cry.

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AP source: DOJ to announce Minneapolis police probe

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to announce that the Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict in George Floyd's death, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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Lawyers who pursue police misconduct say they hope Chauvin verdict is a watershed moment

SAN FRANCISCO - People who gathered in San Francisco's Mission District said they hope the Derek Chauvin verdict is a turning point."This is systemic, this is systemic," chanted a few dozen people on Tuesday evening, holding signs at 24th Street and Mission that reflected the guilty verdicts against the former police officer in Minneapolis who killed George Floyd."It's baked into the very system," exclaimed the woman leading the chant.While celebrating guilty verdicts, advocates say it's important to remember those who died before and after George Floyd."While the trial was going on, Daunte Wright was murdered, Adam Toledo was murdered," shouted another speaker.Last summer's seismic response to George Floyd's murder moved the needle on

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Biden to America after Floyd verdict: 'We can't stop here'

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a giant step forward” for the nation in the fight against systemic racism. But he declared that "it's not enough.”

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Floyd verdict gives hope, if only fleeting, to Black America

MINNEAPOLIS – Relief, even if fleeting and momentary, is a feeling that Black Americans have rarely known in America: From slavery to Jim Crow segregation to enduring punishments for living while Black, a breath of fresh air untainted by oppression has long been hard to come by.

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Despite growing chorus, DOJ is limited in police probes

CHICAGO – The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer who shot him during a foot chase down a darkened alley.

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Jury's swift verdict for Chauvin in Floyd death: Guilty

MINNEAPOLIS – After three weeks of testimony, the trial of the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd ended swiftly: barely more than a day of jury deliberations, then just minutes for the verdicts to be read — guilty, guilty and guilty — and Derek Chauvin was handcuffed and taken away to prison.

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Floyd's hometown exalts in verdict but tempers expectations

HOUSTON – The streets of Houston’s Third Ward, a historically black neighborhood where George Floyd grew up, echoed with screams filled with the word “justice” in the moments after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder.

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Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder, manslaughter in the death of George Floyd

A jury found Derek Chauvin, the former Minnesota police officer charged in the death of Black man George Floyd, guilty on all counts Tuesday in a Minnesota courtroom. Chauvin was charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.

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Relief, tears and heartfelt emotion flood Center City after Derek Chauvin guilty verdict

CENTER CITY - A verdict the entire world waited to hear. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the death of George Floyd.Shortly after the verdict was read, Chauvin was put into handcuffs and led out of the courtroom.George Floyd Square, in Minneapolis, erupting in cheers, tears and hugs as the guilty verdict was read.Applause and cheers and raw emotion across Center City in Philadelphia as the guilty verdicts came down from Minnesota Tuesday afternoon."In my heart, we all knew he was guilty, but history tells us we don’t get it.

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Pelosi faces intense backlash after thanking George Floyd for 'sacrificing your life for justice'

conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on murder and manslaughter charges.Speaking alongside the Congressional Black Caucus shortly after the verdict was handed down, the top House Democrat looked to the sky and said, "Thank you, George Floyd, for sacrificing your life for justice.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 32 NEWS APP"For being there to call out to your mom," Pelosi went on.

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Tears and relief sweep intersection where George Floyd died

MINNEAPOLIS – There was quiet, just for a moment, as hundreds of people standing in the intersection at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue crowded in to listen to the news.

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Following verdict in Floyd case, USC football reflects

USC was supposed to take the field on Tuesday for one of its final practices of the spring football season.

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Darnella Frazier’s video of George Floyd’s death changed everything: ‘History should remember’

MINNEAPOLIS - In the wake of the guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, gratitude flowed on social media for Darnella Frazier, the then 17-year-old who filmed George Floyd’s death on her cellphone and refuted the original statement from Minneapolis police on what occurred.Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of killing Floyd, 46, on May 25, 2020, at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue after he was seen on video kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes.

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Derek Chauvin verdict: What happens next? 3 other officers charged in George Floyd death to be tried

MINNEAPOLIS - Three former Minneapolis police officers are next to go to trial in the death of George Floyd after a jury found former officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.RELATED: Derek Chauvin verdict: Guilty on all counts in George Floyd's deathTou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane are charged with aiding and abetting unintentional second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.

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Crowds react with joy, wariness to verdict in Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS – Crowds nationwide reacted with jubilation Tuesday but also with deep awareness of the progress left to be made after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin of murder in the killing of George Floyd.

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Ex-cop Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder, manslaughter in death of George Floyd

Derek Chauvin’s trial over death of George Floyd goes to jury after closing arguments The jury of six white people and six people who are Black or multi-racial began deliberating on Monday shortly after the prosecutorial and defence teams finished delivering their closing arguments.Chauvin, 45, pleaded not-guilty to all charges.He sat in the Hennepin County Courthouse dressed in a grey suit as the verdict was read.Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man died after he was arrested for allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a convenience store in Minneapolis.Video captured by bystanders during the arrest showed Chauvin, one of four Minneapolis police officers, kneel on Floyd’s neck and back for more nine minutes and 29 seconds.In the video,

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How long is Derek Chauvin going to be in jail? Sentence next after conviction in George Floyd death

Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts he faced in the death of George Floyd. Many are now wondering how long Chauvin will be in prison once he is sentenced.The 12 jurors in the case deliberated for around 10 hours before voting to convict Chauvin of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.Chauvin, 45, could be sent to prison for decades.The second-degree murder charge carries a maximum sentence of 40 years.

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Local leaders react after jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in George Floyd’s death

PHILADELPHIA - Reaction from local leaders poured in Tuesday after a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the death of George Floyd.The 12 jurors deliberated for around 10 hours before deciding to convict Chauvin of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin, 45, could be sent to prison for decades."George Floyd, like countless other Black Americans whose futures have been unjustly stolen from them, should be alive today.

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WATCH LIVE: George Floyd’s family reacts to guilty verdict

ORLANDO, Fla. – Reaction was swift Tuesday as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty in the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died last summer with Chauvin’s knee pinned to his neck.

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Long after the loss, Mondale's liberal legacy still relevant

MINNEAPOLIS – In the last days of his life, former Vice President Walter Mondale received a steady stream of phone calls of appreciation. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris all called to say goodbye and thank you.

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Feds weighing how to respond after verdict in Chauvin trial

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, including considering whether President Joe Biden should address the nation and dispatching specially trained community facilitators from the Justice Department, aides and officials told The Associated Press.

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Protesters march through downtown Minneapolis as jury deliberates

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Protesters marched down the streets of downtown Minneapolis Monday night as jurors deliberated the charges faced by Derek Chauvin nearby. The demonstration was organized by a coalition of activist groups demanding change in policing and the criminal justice system after the death of George Floyd in 2020. Protesters marched through downtown Minneapolis Monday as the Derek Chauvin jury deliberated nearby.The protest began shortly after closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin.Civil rights leaders Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev.

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2 views of Floyd onlookers: Desperate to help, or angry mob?

To the prosecution, the witnesses who watched George Floyd ’s body go still were regular people — a firefighter, a mixed martial arts fighter, a high school student and her 9-year-old cousin in a T-shirt emblazoned with the word “Love” — going about their daily lives when they happened upon the ghastly scene of an officer kneeling on a man’s neck.

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Chief Craig says Detroit Rep. Tlaib should resign after 'no more police' comment

DETROIT - A Detroit Congresswoman's tweet that targets police and calls for their abolition has received pushback across the board. Rep. Rashida Tlaib's criticisms of police in a tweet last week didn't find a lot of support among high brass individuals, including Sen.

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After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws

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