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President Biden delivers remarks Tuesday on the guilty verdict against former police officer Derek Chauvin, as Vice President Harris looks on.

Politics & Government

Biden Says Chauvin Guilty Verdict Can Be 'A Moment Of Significant Change'

8:08pm April 20, 2021

by Alana Wise

"It was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see [systemic racism]," the president said after the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, looks on after the verdicts were read on Tuesday at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd.

Derek Chauvin Found Guilty Of George Floyd's Murder

7:15pm April 20, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, has been found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, here in September, praised the witnesses and jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial on Tuesday.

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Minnesota Attorney General Calls Chauvin Guilty Verdict 'First Step' Toward Justice

7:09pm April 20, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

"I would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. But it is accountability, which is the first step towards justice," Keith Ellison said on Tuesday.

People gather outside the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis on Tuesday before the jury's decision returning guilty verdicts against former police officer Derek Chauvin.

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Floyd's Brother On Verdict: 'I Was Just Praying They Would Find Him Guilty'

7:00pm April 20, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Philonise Floyd began weeping as Judge Peter Cahill read the three guilty verdicts aloud in court on Tuesday. "As an African American, we usually never get justice," he told reporters through tears.

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama arrive at President Biden's inauguration.

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Obamas: Chauvin Jury 'Did The Right Thing' But 'We Cannot Rest'

6:45pm April 20, 2021

by Benjamin Swasey

"We know that true justice is about much more than a single verdict in a single trial," the nation's first Black president and the former first lady said in a statement.

A protester holds a sign across the street from the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on April 6 during the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. The testimony ran for three weeks.

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Revisiting Key Moments From The Derek Chauvin Trial

5:36pm April 20, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd. As the country reacts, NPR revisits key moments from the last three weeks.

Defense attorney Eric Nelson (left) and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listen to Judge Peter Cahill read instructions to the jury before closing arguments Monday.

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What We Know About The Jurors In The Chauvin Trial

2:30pm April 20, 2021

by MPR News Staff

The group is more racially diverse than Hennepin County, Minn., as a whole: Six are white, four are Black, and two identify as multiracial. Derek Chauvin's fate is now in their hands.

President Biden meets with members of the Congressional Black Caucus in the Oval Office of the White House on April 13.

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Looming Chauvin Verdict Will Test Biden's Leadership On Race

2:24pm April 20, 2021

by Juana Summers

The president prioritizes racial justice while also acting as an ally of law enforcement, and the trial's end could be the first significant flashpoint over race and policing in Biden's presidency.

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Jury Deliberates As Derek Chauvin's Murder Trial Comes To A Close

11:50am April 20, 2021

by Cheryl Corley

The jury in the murder trial of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is now deliberating after more than three weeks of testimony.

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When You Add More Police To A City, What Happens?

6:30am April 20, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

A new study looks at the effects of growing police forces on racial inequality.