Chauvin Verdict

“Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday of murdering George Floyd… A 12-member jury found Chauvin, 45, guilty of all three charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.” Reuters

Both sides agree with the verdict:

“Juries are often hesitant, and rightly so, to second-guess cops when they make split-second life-and-death decisions. Those decisions may prove wrong, and on occasion they are justly punished as unreasonable, but cops tend to get the benefit of the doubt because most people understand that they need to assess threats to...