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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Florida lawmakers take step to promote police accountability

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Victor Torres, a retired New York City lawman, watched the videos that day in May showing a Minnesota cop lodging a knee against the neck of a Black man named George Floyd.

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Chauvin sentencing in Floyd death pushed back to June 25

MINNEAPOLIS – Sentencing for former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's death has been pushed back to June 25, according to online court records.

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Regina King reacts to Chauvin verdict in Oscars opening

Actor and director Regina King acknowledged the hardships of the past year during an opening straight out of the movies for the 2021 Oscars.

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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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Can Derek Chauvin get his convictions tossed on appeal?

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The unique circumstances surrounding Derek Chauvin's trial in George Floyd's death could offer the former Minneapolis police officer some shot at winning a retrial on appeal, though most legal experts agree it's a long shot.Chauvin, who is white, kneeled on Floyd's neck for nearly 9 1/2 minutes last May, killing the 46-year-old Black man and sparking some of the largest protests in U.S. history.

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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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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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EXPLAINER: Can Chauvin get his convictions tossed on appeal?

MINNEAPOLIS – The unique circumstances surrounding Derek Chauvin's trial in George Floyd's death could offer the former Minneapolis police officer some shot at winning a retrial on appeal, thought most legal experts agree it's a long shot.

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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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Nielsen: at least 22.8 million watched Chauvin verdict

NEW YORK – At least 22.8 million Americans watched on television this week as former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

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Minneapolis residents relieved Derek Chavin found guilty of George Floyd’s death

People in Minneapolis are taking a moment to breathe a sigh of relief after Derek Chauvin was convicted of George Floyd’s death. And as Heather Yourex-West reports, racial justice activists say the work is far from over.

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'He was guilty.' Extra juror in favor of Chauvin conviction

MINNEAPOLIS – An alternate juror at the trial of Derek Chauvin said she agreed with the jury's decision to convict him in George Floyd's death, saying she saw Chauvin as the leader of officers at the scene and that he brushed off warnings by bystanders that Floyd was in danger.

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Activists hope Chauvin convictions are start to real change

MINNEAPOLIS – “One down, three to go!” went the chant just minutes after Derek Chauvin was convicted in George Floyd’s death — a reference to three more fired officers who are awaiting trial.

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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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After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws

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.

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‘It was emotional:,’ Mount Dora man travels to Minneapolis to witness historic Chauvin verdict

MINNEAPOLIS, Min. – A Central Florida man wanted to be in the front row of history, so he decided to fly to Minneapolis ahead of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.

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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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'Sliver of hope.' Relief, caution as America absorbs verdict

NEW YORK – When the verdicts came in — Guilty, Guilty, Guilty — Lucia Edmonds let out the breath she hadn't even realized she'd been holding.

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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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Columbus police show video of officer fatally shooting girl

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police shot and killed a teenage girl Tuesday afternoon in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.

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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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Through the media covering Chauvin case, a collective pause

NEW YORK – With a collective nervous energy, millions of people paused in front of television sets or other screens Tuesday for a verdict in the case that for nearly a year has exposed the raw nerve of racial relations in America.

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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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‘A jury did the right thing’: Obama, Sharpton, NBA, NFL, NAACP react to Derek Chauvin guilty verdict

FILE - Derek Chauvin in court on April 20. RELATED: Celebrations underway in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin guilty verdictAdvertisementRELATED: Newsom: 'If George Floyd looked like me, he'd still be alive today'RELATED: Derek Chauvin verdict: Guilty on all counts in George Floyd's deathAs soon as court was adjourned, Rev.

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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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Vote to censure Rep. Maxine Waters over remarks ahead of Derek Chauvin verdict fails in House

WASHINGTON - A vote to censure Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., failed Tuesday after some GOP lawmakers accused her of incitement ahead of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial.RELATED: Derek Chauvin verdict: Guilty on all countsHouse members voted 216-210 to table a resolution on the censure Tuesday, April 27.On Saturday, Waters was asked her thoughts on what should happen if Chauvin were to be found not guilty.

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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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Verdict reached in Derek Chauvin trial

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd. The verdict will be read in court between 3:30-4:00 p.m.

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Biden says he’s praying for 'right verdict' in Derek Chauvin trial, believes case is 'overwhelming'

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he is "praying the verdict is the right verdict" in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin.

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Judge criticizes Rep. Maxine Waters, calling her Chauvin trial comments 'abhorrent'

MINNEAPOLIS - The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd on Monday called recent comments by U.S. Rep.

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Derek Chauvin trial: Case in hands of jury, deliberations begin

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The jury now has the case in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd. The jury officially began deliberating at 4 p.m.

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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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Teen's death puts focus on split-second police decisions

It happened in less than a second.

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

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