the pandemic actually exposed to injustice in our society too as. in hospitality we have protective men who are violent and bully be unscripted on al-jazeera. we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count one unintentional 2nd degree murder all committing a felony by the defendant guilty. a jury in minneapolis convicts former police officer derek show been on all 3 counts in the death of george floyd. al-jazeera live from doha also coming up we have achieved to begin to.

use. president joe biden hails the verdict as a step forward but says more work is needed to reform the system. and the links and celebrations outside the court the crowd say they will keep up the fight until the 3 officers involved in points arrest them so convicted. and all the headline news a transitional military council takes power in chad after the death of the president addressed. the. launches of celebration and defiance have been held across the united states following the conviction of a form of police officer over the death of george floyd a jury found guilty on all 3 charges including 2nd degree murder well

demonstrations chairs in the streets outside the courts and the intersection where he was arrested they've pledged to fight on until the 3 other policemen involved a convicted felon dies off to save an melt on his that for 9 and a half minutes is how the judge did live at the verdict on tuesday. we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count one unintentional 2nd degree murder committing a felony by the defendant guilty is ready to agree to this 20th day of april 2021 at 1 44 pm signs are for person juror number 19 same captioned verdict count 2 we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count 2 3rd degree murder perpetrating an eminently dangerous act find the defendant guilty verdict agreed to this 20 if they have april 2021 at 1 45 pm signed by jury foreperson journal or 19 same caption verdict count 3 we the

jury in the above entitled matter as to count 3 2nd degree manslaughter culpable negligence creating an unreasonable risk by the defendant guilty all it took about 10 hours for the jury 'd to convict 7 on all 3 charges he's due to be sentenced in 8 weeks' time and faces up to 40 years in prison. brother frank people who've been demanding justice and asked them to keep on pushing this family has an emotional press conference when they said they were finally able to bring again. and this is the scene in minneapolis outside the store where george and much from before he was killed it will have been turning up in the past few hours laying flowers and lighting candles at a makeshift vigil. across london she has a tendency also live for us and that minneapolis and she have been the end of the

jury this was a pretty cut and dry case they delivered their verdict pretty quickly. and that's why there's such as a range of opposing emotions here this evening there's that disbelief on the one that the jury did find it so easy given how often. how often juries even when they see what appears to be incontrovertibly video evidence or evidence of any sort of police wrongdoing decide that the police aren't culpable because the police felt in danger we were there at the time so there's a sense of disbelief that the jury the jury came to this conclusion well complete incontrovertibly belief in what the evidence and what the evidence shirt there is that elation that this jury has judged derek servant to be guilty but there's that sadness of this justice this is i mean this may be justice being dumb but it's not going to bring george floyd back and there's also that

sense of gratitude to the prosecution for convincing a jury which i once which we knew there was some very good appropriate police attitudes among some of the jurors and the prosecution was very careful to say this is a trial of derek chauvinists not the trial of the minneapolis police but the. it's actually disagreement with that gratitude for the for the for the prosecution because what we kept on hearing time and again was nerve this was the minneapolis police department trial not just the minneapolis police problem from the police departments across the country tried out in fact we're now seeing reports that just a few minutes before the jury came up with this verdict a teenage black girl was shot by a police officer in columbus ohio we're getting the circumstances in we're getting all sorts of reports and about those circumstances but we're also seeing already protests beginning in columbus ohio to the southeast of us here in minneapolis.

and because we know that just last week a 20 year old black man was killed 16 kilometers from us here in downtown minneapolis by a police officer. that's not systemic issue here which means that there is that there are other lucian's here about what it means for one police officer to be found guilty in a minneapolis courtroom when as far as many of those who were all the streets are concerned it is an entire system that is culpable for a culture in which black people are killed and treated with such disrespect and injury throughout america by the police and of course this trial is not complete yet and there is a pot for a tale on what grounds might that be launched. i think i mean what we saw even that at the time i didn't know if the closing arguments ready for the jury had retired we saw the defense. give 2 grounds for actually he said for a mistrial immediately which is the media attention for the trial but that the jury

couldn't be impartial but secondly i think they're making a lot missing there's a lot of right wing media now maxine waters a democratic congresswoman who was in the area a few days ago and said look if there isn't a guilty verdict we've got to take this to the streets we're going to keep this confrontational approach very much you know it would be said in the spirit all the civil rights movement which is confrontational and civil disobedience but what's interesting is looking at the right wing media is that saying well if you're this is this is this you know what the devil what liberals are saying the republicans were saying before that but the the insurrection on capitol hill you know this she is she's out there was threatening the jury that if you don't if you don't fight and serve and guilty they'll be they'll be the streets would be aflame so that's that's a lot being made of that and actually so interesting to see how how the right to take this i say you know why does why do why does the liberals have to always make this about race you know maybe derrick sherman was a bad guy he's

a bad apple but you know this was necessarily about race director it was a bad guy and that's that's not ingrained out of chewed which the activists are trying so hard to challenge even joe biden and his statement he had we would all about systemic racism but i want to came to the police force he said but obviously this was just about a few you know a few bad people in the police force and this is what we keep hearing time and again it's not about a few bad people it's about a system which is always completely based on harassing people of color and poor people. joining us from minneapolis thanks for. celebrations of the verdicts have not been limited to minneapolis in new york washington d.c. and. others have rallied to support the budget and demanding justice for other. black people killed by police in recent years. and it also had

from long time civil rights activist al sharpton about the fight for justice for those killed at the hands of police. this is the 1st time 7 in the history of the state there a white police officer has been convicted less known convicted of a murder. here's the 1st time in a long range of fight that we've seen 3 counts guilty and all 3. we don't find pleasure in. we don't celebrate a man going to jail we want to read the george be a line here some of break that we because young people white and black some castigated many that are here tonight marched in kept watch. george for his family spoke on the phone with president joe biden and thanked him for his support but remember the. kind of pain you know.

feeling better now nothing. to make you go all the better for. yourself justice in the greater good. bible says he was praying for the right verdict he's welcome the results calling it a step towards justice in america. systemic racism day on our nation's soul. the knee on the neck of justice for black americans the found fear and trauma the pain the exhaustion. black and brown americans experience every single day this can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in america. but also be clear such a verdict is also much too rare we have to listen i can't breathe i can't breathe. nice

words we can't let those words die with you. have to keep your leaders were. we must not turn away we can't turn away oh vice president connell horace's the senate to pass the joy george floyd justice and policing uk. we feel a sigh of relief still cannot take away the pain. a measure of justice isn't the same as equal justice this verdict brings us a step closer and the fact is we still have work to do we still must reform the system. last summer together with senator cory booker and representative karen bass i introduced the george floyd justice and policing act. this bill would hold law enforcement accountable and help build trust between law

enforcement and our communities this bill is part of george floyd's legacy professor frank roberts was the 1st academic to develop and teach a black mass of course new york university he's the assistant professor of african-american studies at the new school for social research and joins us live from new york via skype thanks very much for being with us what's your reaction to this verdict delivered as resolutely as it was. thanks for having me laura well tonight is bittersweet. we celebrate this particular jury decision we have to wrestle with the sobering reality that one guilty verdict is not going to aim the epidemic a police violence in the united states i think it's important for your viewers at home to realize that in the one year since we awaited this trial in the one year since george floyd's killing an additional $800.00 people have been killed by the

police in the united states 265 people have been killed since january alone and so all of that is to say well tonight is a good one down 1000000 more to go tonight is just one chapter in this ongoing story it is ongoing struggle against the epidemic of police violence in the united states yes and even our correspondent was reporting that just a few moments ago a teenaged girl being shot in columbus ohio why does it keep happening and how hard is it to change the system. so it keeps happening because we live in a country in the united states rooted on the principles of white supremacist policing it really is that simple. it could it could easily change if we had the will to change but many americans don't have the will to change we have this good at this bad apple good apple theory of policing that doesn't really take into

account that the system of policing as it relates to black americans has failed and so what we need to do in this moment is have a serious conversation about reworking that system and developing something new in the interests of a real public safety discourse because right now black people in the united states don't feel safe under the current system of policing and so it has to change do not feel that that change has begun or said they've been given a significant push by the black lies not a movement. i'll certainly it's a great point we would not be here today if it were not for the sustained activism of racial justice activists black lives matter activists this jury decision is a testament to the power of protest to the power of the people but as you said so much more work needs to be done and if we have a system where every single year 1000 people are being killed by the police one guilty verdict here and there is simply not enough we need to think about again

reworking our system so that this never happens again to any american to any human being regardless of race well as the movement continues to gain momentum with come on has gets the george floyd justice and policing act pos what sort of backlash what's the resistance do you expect to say in america. well we live in a country where there is no form of protest that black people can engage in that the status quo is pleased with it when we take a knee the status quo is just please when we are confrontational in a nonviolent way the status quo is displease when we speak of the status quo is is displease so we know that whatever for protests black people take in americans take the status quo is going to have a problem with that process so the best thing that we can do in this moment is keep our eyes state on freedom keep tracking these cases of the fact that we've gotten

one case is good but again what about the hundreds and hundreds of other cases out there and then we'll have to wait and see what happens you know civil rights activism and human rights activism is a long distance race not a marathon or a sprint and right now we're at the beginning of every still and dave roberts very good speech he thanks for taking the time to join us there from new york thank you so much. how the news for you still ahead on al-jazeera and football under fire the controversial super league is on the verge of collapse after a backlash from fans. plus we speak to palestinians in gaza ahead of the 1st lest of a vet in 15 years. their winter will not let go of the last america it snowed in massachusetts it was during

monday and this is a cold line as well as that cold coming down to the plains states again temperature wise by day just go up into the teens the most public see this general pall of blue which is really cold have this time of the year the next bus the snow well tail off and someone like kentucky set me up in the appalachians with more snow from their wing been doing that and it's left behind sunshine lowish temperatures but of course a spring sun sort of feel quite good you notice do still in the southern states there's no real feed of gulf air immediately but let me take you to thursday and then there was a feed of go for but to get through texas new mexico not through the plains where it meets the existing cold so it will produce a few showers they do not look dangerously big at this stage and it's warm again up in new york but not quite as warm as it was the pacific coast as a cold breeze down through san francisco but the sun is out otherwise down in the

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again you're watching our sister as reminder of our top stories this hour former police officer dark chauvinist been found guilty on all 3 charges including 2nd degree murder for the death of george floyd shaven is due to be sentenced in 8 weeks and faces up to 40 years in prison. crowds in minneapolis to keep up the fight until 3 other officers involved in floyd's arrest are convicted the verdict is wet with tears of relief and celebration from supporters who chanted george 'd floyd's name. and the u.s. president has called the verdict of breath but important step towards justice in america joe biden spoke to ford's family before addressing the nation describing his death as murder in broad daylight. chad's military has promised an 18

month transition to free elections after the death of president the army says he was killed while visiting soldiers who were fighting rebel rebels in the north that he had just won reelection and was one of africa's longest serving leaders in the morgan reports in the capsule and. this was chats president idriss deby campaigning last week early election results indicated he'd won a 6th term in office but debi had reportedly joined his son and other soldiers on saturday to repel an attack by a rebel group in the northern province of new to border with libya according to the military he was severely injured and on monday it announced his passing it says it's created a transitional military council led by debbi son and has suspended the constitution or union a transitional government be put in. place new republican institutions will be put in place to facilitate the transition by the organization of free democratic and transparent elections following the spirit of sacrifice that the marshal of

chartered ford for all his life brought up until his more suffering. in the capitol where people celebrated deputy election victory tonight before the announcement there were mixed reactions. it's sad news the presidential elections went off peacefully through to the declaration of results by the election commission and then the next day we learned the sad news of the death of the president after being injured badly at the front lines it's sad news for the entire country. when i was in the news a surprising i moved by the rumors that are going around about the transitional council give me the impression that some information is false they already talking about dissolving parliament that is delicate we have a constitution so for me i'd say it was a coup and he was killed it greased debbie was a former military officer who came to power in 1988 faced numerous coup attempts and his opposition accused him of ruthlessness the rebel front for change and

concord group wanted to remove president it attacked a government position at the border on election day on april 11th chat's closest ally france provided its military with logistical support and intelligence it seems like the. removal debbie has not changed the military situation and as long as the military remains largely boil to his son which seems likely to be the case given that he used to be the commander of the presidential guard and the chair you know his best units he's a 4 star general is only 37 years old. if he can keep that loyalty then there's no way the rebellion can take advantage of that anymore and they could have under his father. more than 300 rebel fighters have reportedly been killed in the fighting to or in the past few days that president debbie has now also died in the fighting has shocked a nation. and made the security situation in the wider region even more fragile he morgan argued the iraq. a car bomb targeting security forces explodes in

afghanistan's capital kabul security officials said the blast was aimed at a convoy interior ministry says it was a suicide attack or that attack comes as afghanistan peace talks set to take place in istanbul this week were postponed until after ramadan sources say the talks have been delayed because of the taliban's refusal to participate discussions were meant to fast track an agreement between the taliban and afghan government following the u.s. announcement to withdrawals troops by september 11th ukraine's president has asked his russian counterpart to meet in the country's east to discuss an end to escalating conflict in the region. into the border region of donbass ukrainian troops and russian backed separatists have been fighting there since 2014 care flames rising tensions on moscow's decision to amass tens of thousands of troops on the border russia says it's just a military exercise malaysia says the chief of min mas military genter will

attend an emergency meeting of southeast asian leaders to discuss the crisis in the country he has again talks will be held in jakarta this weekend at least 6 people were reportedly killed by the jointer security forces and choose day protesters in the southern city of daraa way held an candlelight visual for more than 700 people killed since the coup in february. football's controversial european super league is on the verge of collapse just 2 days after it was announced all 6 english clubs have pulled out after a backlash from supporters players and politicians if reports from chelsea's stadium in london were furious fans united against the move. the. stamford bridge home of chelsea one of the 6 rebel english teams who signed up for the new league on the pitch the team were facing brighton on choose day night off it furious negotiations as the club management alarmed by the backlash from fans

were said to be drawing up the paperwork to withdraw from the league the fans gathered in front of the ground making their opposition clear even the team bus prevented from getting to the stadium the scumbag owners of their only team to pay for into the super league so they don't have to earn their way into terms but following chelsea's lead in quitting the league manchester city along with spanish side that let it go madrid city's manager gave this damning assessment of the project a sports. is not a sport when the relation between the effort and the success the effort and reward doesn't exist don't exist so he's not a sport so he's not a supporter of the success already garant. earlier on choose staying at a comma setting in switzerland the president of europe's governing body you wafer urged all 12 european teams from england spain and italy to think again gentlemen

you made that huge mistake some will say it is greed. there is the stain arrogance your complete ignorance of england's forgo culture but it actually doesn't matter the british prime minister met for crisis talks with fans groups and officials from england's football association and the premier league i think it's not in the interests of found it's not in the interests of a football prince william president of the football association said the league risks damaging the english game we love. only days after the idea of a super league 1st surfaced and alex like chelsea fans have got exactly what they wanted a decision by top brass in the club to hastily exit this unpopular project crowds here have gone from protest to jubilation. meanwhile many of the club's owners and

top officials have remained tight lipped real madrid president florentino perez who is one of the few to publicly defend the project designed he said to safe soccer and i'm sure there is some what we want to do is save football so it can live peacefully for at least the next 20 years. looms biggest and richest club so faced unprecedented anger from their fans and from the remaining 14 teams in england's premier league pressure that now appears to a force some of the most powerful people in football to change their plans they've barca al-jazeera london. next month palestinians will head to the polls for the 1st time in 15 years they'll be voting in less 7 elections which are likely to be dominated by hamas and fatah just a guy named reports from gaza. the last time palestinians voted in a legislative election facebook and twitter were months away from being launched

globally the year was 2006 they couldn't have known then they would spend the next 15 years with a divided government and no chance to elect a new one. that isn't about 15 years without an election and we're facing a miserable situation as a mother i wish it will happen and things change for the better. an election for the palestinian legislative council is scheduled for may but already there is widespread expectation palestinians won't be rushing to a polling station headed in to have acted not that they'd have one of these elections only for a new in the legitimacy of palestinian leaders and to continue to rely on foreign aid but in the long term it will not serve the palestinian people israel has yet to approve voting in east jerusalem but how has splintered and vote and how lost are worried about losses in their own bases due to disaffected voters. professor

a high morale boost says recent polls show hamas would be lucky to get 25 percent of the vote in gaza but it might be able to get a bigger share in the west bank where people are fed up with the palestinian authority but maybe after the elections we might see a new or different kind of coalitions but that would probably be a guinness that would have the international community which is still classifying hamas as a terrorist organization and also is one which doesn't want to see a mass in any form of a palestinian government so united or unified government between hamas and fatah is unlikely how must spokesman. says the organization is pushing for the election to take place as scheduled and that palestinians are primarily frustrated by the israeli occupation not their leaders. it was about and i know the world and the

international community should help us choose our leader and to take our rights back we should be living in a good situation like all the human beings in this region. a generation of palestinians has come of age living with a divided government and no way of changing it at the ballot box the question people are asking is will this year mark a long overdue change which the toss a grenade al-jazeera. or watch out as there are these are top stories and u.s. jury has found police officer derek shaven guilty on all 3 charges including 2nd degree murder over the death of george floyd shaven is james to be sentenced in 8 weeks time and faces up to 40 years in prison. crowds in minneapolis about to keep up the fight until the 3 other offices in.