As Chauvin is convicted on all counts, what’s next for him and the other police officers tied to George Floyd’s death?
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The nation is still abuzz Wednesday after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on all counts of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. The verdict, which found Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after he knelt on Floyd for more than nine minutes last May, set off celebrations nationwide filled with tears, hugs and relief.
Now, all eyes turn to Chauvin’s sentencing in the coming weeks, where he faces up to 40 years in prison, as well as the trials in August for the three other former Minneapolis police officers facing charges stemming from Floyd’s death.
Here’s what to know:
After calling Floyd’s family, President Biden called for confronting systemic racism. “It’s not enough. We can’t stop here,” he said from the White House following the conviction.
Darnella Frazier, the teenager who captured the world’s attention with her cellphone footage of Floyd’s arrest last year, said she sobbed after jurors returned a guilty verdict. “I just cried so hard,” she wrote on Facebook. She added, “George Floyd we did it!!”
Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the Justice Department’s investigation into Floyd’s death remains “ongoing,” suggesting it is still possible that Chauvin and others could face federal civil rights charges.
Legal experts say the outcome, a rare instance where an officer is convicted of murder for killing someone on duty, was due to the prosecution’s efforts to fully sever Chauvin from policing, the job he held for nearly two decades.
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