we the jury, in the above entitled matter, as to count one, unintentional second—degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. a jury decides the former minneapolis police officer killed george floyd last year by kneeling on his neck — he could face up to a0 years injail. mr floyd's supporters welcome the verdict outside the court. president biden has given his reaction to the verdict. his legacy will not just be about his death but what we must do in his memory.

the former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin has been convicted of the murder of george floyd, the african american man whose death sparked worldwide protests against racism. after a three—week trial, thejury found him guilty on three counts of murder and manslaughter. chauvin was taken away in handcuffs and will be sentenced at a later day. he could face a0 years in prison. well the historic outcome, at the court in minneapolis, comes after a three—week trial. our north america correspondent, lebo diseko looks back at the key moments and there are some distressing scenes in this report. it was a death that shook the world. i cannot breathe! ripping open america's unhealed wounds on racism and police brutality. but much of the evidence of this crime was not gathered by police. instead, it was the local community who documented it. filming, begging... he's not responsive right now! ..and remonstrating with officers as derek chauvin

knelt on george floyd's neck for nearly 9.5 minutes. among them, the teenager without whom there may never have been a trial. it was a video filmed on her mobile phone that was seen around the world. a minor at the time, her face was not shown in court. when i look at george floyd, i look at... i look at my brothers, i look at my cousins, my uncles. because they are all black. many nights, i stayed up apologising and... and apologising to george floyd for not doing more. you going to choke him like that? when their efforts to intervene failed, several members of this community reported what they'd seen. at some point did you make a 9/11 call? that is correct, i did call the police on the police. all right. and why did you do that?

because i believe i witnessed a murder. derek chauvin�*s job was to police and protect this community. but so damning was the bystander footage, along with the police body camera video, that his fellow officers turned against him. to continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back — that in no way shape or form is anything that is by policy or training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values. the defence had argued that george floyd's poor health and drug use had caused his death, but that was undermined by evidence by a pulmonary doctor. a healthy person subjected to what mr floyd was subjected

to would have died as a result. witness after witness spoke of the trauma they still experience today. these bystanders documented an experience that, for many african—americans, is as familiar as it is painful. while this verdict may exceed what some thought might be possible, questions still remain about the value of a black life in america today. lebo diseko, bbc news, minneapolis. us vice—president kamala harris spoke to the american people following the verdict. today, we feel a sigh of relief. still, it cannot take away the pain. a measure ofjustice isn't the same as equaljustice. this verdict brings us a step closer and the fact is, we still have work to do. we still must reform

of 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. the president and i will continue to urge the senate to pass this legislation, not as a panacea for every problem but as a start. this work is long overdue. america has a long history of systemic racism.

black americans and like many in particular have been treated throughout the course of our history as less than human —— black men. black men are fathers and brothers and sons and grandfathers and friends and neighbours. their lives must be valued in our education system, in our healthcare system, in our housing system, in our economic system, in our criminaljustice system, in our nation full stop. because of smart phones, so many americans have now seen the racial injustice that black americans have known for generations. the racial injustice that we have fought for generations. that my parents protested in the 1960s. that millions of us, americans of every race, protested last summer.

here is the truth about racial injustice. it is notjust a black america problem, or a people of colour problem. it is a problem for every american. it is keeping us from fulfilling the promise of liberty and justice for all. and it is holding our nation back from realising our full potential. we are all a part of george floyd's legacy. and ourjob now is to honour it and to honour him. president biden gave his reaction to today's verdict. the guilty verdict does not bring back george. but, through the family's pain, they're finding purpose so george's legacy will not just be about his death but about what we must do in his memory.

i also spoke to gianna, george's young daughter again. when i met her last year and i said this before at his funeral, i told her how brave i thought she was. and i knelt down and held her hand. i said, daddy is looking down on you, he's so proud. she said to me then and i'll neverforget it, "daddy changed the world". i told her this afternoon daddy did change the world. let that be his legacy, a legacy of peace not violence, of justice. peaceful expressions of that legacy are inevitable and appropriate but violent ones are not. there are those who'll seek

to exploit the raw emotion of the moment, agitators and extremists who have no interest in socialjustice. who seek to carry out violence, destroyed property and fan the flames of hate and division, and will do everything in their power to stop this country's march towards racial justice. we can't let them succeed. this is a time for this country to come together, to unite as americans. there can never be any safe harbour for hate in america. i have said it many times. the battle for the soul of this nation has been a constant push and pull for more than 240 years. a tug of war between the american ideal, that we are all created equal, and the harsh reality that racism has long torn us apart. at our best, the american ideal wins out. so we can't leave this moment and look away thinking our work is done.

we have to look at it as we did for those nine minutes and 29 seconds. we have to listen, "i can't breathe, i can't breathe". those were george floyd's last words. we can't let those words die with him. we have to keep hearing those words. we must not turn away, we can't turn away. we have a chance to begin to change the trajectory in this country. it is my hope and prayer that we live up to the legacy. may god bless you, may god bless george floyd and his family. thank you for taking the time to be here. this can be a moment of significant change. thank you.

doctor gay mcdougall is a long serving civil rights advocate who drafted a letter injune on behalf of the george floyd family to the un demanding a special investigation into us police violence. earlier this year, joe biden appointed her to serve, serve on the un committee to eliminate restless domination. think you for coming on the program. glad to be here. we'll come back to those comments by the president in a second but let's reflect back on the verdict first. how significant do you think this moment is? i significant do you think this moment is?— significant do you think this moment is? ~ , , moment is? i think it is hugely significant- _ moment is? i think it is hugely significant. i— moment is? i think it is hugely significant. i think _ moment is? i think it is hugely significant. i think that - moment is? i think it is hugely significant. i think that it - significant. i think that it is in many ways unexpected bed, although, we could never think that a jury could watch what they watched and come up with they watched and come up with the wrong, in my view, verdict. but it has happened many times before. so, you know, the

moment is hugely significant, certainly so for the george floyd family. and for all of the people who have been in the street demonstrating and protesting for months and months and months. it doesn't mean it is the end. {iii months and months. it doesn't mean it is the end.— mean it is the end. of course. let's talk _ mean it is the end. of course. let's talk on _ mean it is the end. of course. let's talk on the _ let's talk on the responsibility and the responsibility and the responsibility in the politician's hands. what needs to happen next?— to happen next? well, first of all of course, i think that it is incumbent on the biden administration to find some way to get greater control over the 18,000 separate police departments in this country. so that there can be some uniformity in things like instructions about use of force. he questions about how police records that have been,

policemen that have done bad acts, if you will, get married as opposed to... and they get moved on up the line so that nobody knows what their background is. just a lot of things of that nature. but to date, because of our system of federalism, there has been little that could be done in washington to control these 18,000 sovereign, if you will, police departments across our country. that is one thing i think is important.- that little point, sorry to interrupt. are you suggesting there that the states are hugely important, passing legislation at the state level to increase oversight and involvement?— involvement? well, yes, absolutely. _ involvement? well, yes,

absolutely. absolutely. i involvement? well, yes, - absolutely. absolutely. well, unfortunately i think many, evenif unfortunately i think many, even if most of the 50 states, will not take those actions unless mandated by the federal government. unless mandated by the federal government-— government. right, i see. i 'ust government. right, i see. i just wanted _ government. right, i see. i just wanted to _ government. right, i see. i just wanted to compare - government. right, i see. i| just wanted to compare with your role in the united nations and the role of organisations around the world in ending racial discrimination and human rights. what are your thoughts and reflections on where the united states it in that because of course the us is a world leader in so many fields, it doesn't feel like it is here? i it doesn't feel like it is here? ., it doesn't feel like it is here? . ., ., “ here? i mean, look, it certainly _ here? i mean, look, it certainly hasn't - here? i mean, look, it certainly hasn't been l here? i mean, look, it. certainly hasn't been over here? i mean, look, it- certainly hasn't been over the last four years. i think the reputation, whatever it may have been, certainly over the last four years, has been sullied. but there are games to be made and i think we can make those games by being honest

about who and what this country is —— gains, as a nation. and what our history has been. that i think is one thing thatjoe biden is going to do. so, no more hiding and obfuscating and whatever. we are a deeply divided, and in many ways, troubled country that has never lived up to the words that are in ourfounding documents. and much of that has been over and around the issue of racism. gar; around the issue of racism. gay mcdoughall. — around the issue of racism. gay mcdoughall, we _ around the issue of racism. gay mcdoughall, we must leave it there but thank you so much for coming on. . the verdict has been met with relief by many in minneapolis.

the bbc has been speaking to some local residents to hear their reaction. cheering. that's everything. praise the lord. so we're glad that we got the verdict, so that starts the process of the healing for some of our community. it does not start the process of healing for all, but it starts the process of healing for some so that we can finally breathe just a little bit to know that we got at least somebody to stand for this. " thank you for the justice, the jurors, the people who stood there and recorded, the people who got there and said something and didn'tjust stand back and keep their mouths closed. i did not expect this, . i didn't think they were going to do it. idid. i had no faith they| was going to do it. i did, i had faith.

i'm just happy that this happened because i have two boys who are black and for this to happen, i'm glad it happened, unfortunately to someone else, so we can get the ball rolling to try and get progress to do it right because george floyd is somebody�*s dad, somebody�*s son, somebody�*s uncle. it could easily have been my son, could have been my brother. i am so happy that this tragic turn of events had to happen for something to change.

the bbc�*s larry madowo has been there. there was a collective sigh of relief because it was unexpected that a jury would meet about 11 hours. so unexpected, especially with a jury returning a verdict injust 11 hours and a guilty verdict on three counts was so historic because derek chauvin there's been people who have organised this place. they say george floyd square is a place for community, a place

for public grief and a place for protest. the people who are allowed in here are supposed to respect they need to do more work to dismantle white supremacy. people of colour, back and bound communities. it needs to be addressed. but in this moment right now, there is a sigh of relief because the city was bracing the protest. 3000 national guard. they were preparing in case there were protests, destruction of property, many businesses were boarded up. this week, the funeral service of daunte wright will be held, the 20—year—old black man. it will be an emotional weekend in minneapolis. and al sharpton stressed how important this verdict was.

this is the first time in the history of this state that a white police officer has been convicted, let alone convicted of a murder. this is the first time in a long run of fights that we've seen three counts, guilty of all three. we don't find pleasure in this. we don't celebrate a man going to jail. we would rather george be alive. but we celebrate that we, because young people, white and black, some castigated, many that are here tonight, marched and kept marching and kept going. many of them looked down, but they kept marching and wouldn't let this die. and this is an assurance to them that if we dont�* give up, we can win some rounds. but the war and the fight is not over. just two days from now, we're going to have to deal

with the funeral of daunte wright in this same county, the same area. we still have cases to fight, but this gives us the energy to fight on, and we're determined that we will fight until we make federal law for george floyd, justice in policing. the trial of macro —— derek chauvin has put renewed focus on experience of a book on americans. the issue has been highlighted by the death of a black man in minneapolis after he was shot by police during a traffic stop. figures show that for african—americans, there's a much higher chance of being fatally shot relative to their overall numbers in the us population. aleem maqbool looks at the issue. good evening, for the second time in as many weeks... another african—american has been fatally shot by police. but she drew her gun instead. man, i been recording! it is an unending cycle... the protesters say they'll be

back again on wednesday. ..of mourning, protest, and media spectacle... i want you and fox news to get out of baltimore city, - because you're not here reporting - about the boarded—up homes - and homeless people under mlk! ..after the killing of another african—american at the hands of the police. and time and again have come the promises to do something about it. this is an issue we've been dealing with for too long, and it's time for us to make more progress than we've made. and i'm not interested in talk, i'm interested in action. but the focus often ends up being no broader than the explicit details of each death and the individual officers involved. they happen, it happens where they have to make a fast they risk their lives every day to take care of us, but there are some bad apples. and when they occur, when they find them, they have to be sorted out. well, what i would say is this. if we're talking i about bad apples, you know, we need to also be seeing good apples. - and we don't see too many good

apples stopping the bad apples i from doing all these things. which leads me to believe that there is a problem i at the root of the tree. but dealing with that problem needs acknowledgement from the police that something's wrong in the first place. i do not believe there is systemic racism and law enforcement in the united states. and i think if you go behind the perceptions, if you go behind that hyperbole, you will see that is not the case. law enforcement officers every day go into communities that the people complaining about them would not go into on a bet with their windows rolled up and their doors locked. so why then is the rate of black people being killed by the police so much higher than the rate of white people being killed by police? it's not. the doj figures are talking about nearly 30% of those killed by the police being black —

and they're i3% of the population in the us. and what was happening in those interactions when the individuals were shot? 0verwhelmingly, when people are shot by the police, they are engaged in activities of either assaulting the police, assaulting another person, or committing a crime. you just opened my car door — so you're gonna threaten to drag me out of my own car? get out of the car! "give us proof that we're systemically racist" is still the refrain. get out of the car! for a failure to signal? you're doing all this for a...? get over there! "people would be fine as long as they're not doing anything wrong," he says. if he tells me that, you know, the earth is round, and i tell him to prove it, i don't think he's a physicist because clearly, he hasn't. the protests last year were meant to be a turning point — a moment of reckoning where america talked seriously about all aspects of racism, on how it affected poverty, education, mental health provision, and how that all impacted violence in policing. joe biden stood on a platform of addressing all those things and was elected in large part

because black voters turned out for him. he's championed a justice in policing act — but it will need buy—in from states and, in many respects, police departments, as well. the people who you were talking about earlier who don't believe there's a problem and don't believe that there is racism and systemic racism in the country will push back against it. but it's there, and those conversations have to be had, or else these things will continue and we will fix little things when there is really a bigger underlying problem causing everything that we're not touching. common the spot where george floyd was murdered. where derek chauvin was found guilty on all three charges. she could face

40 three charges. she could face a0 years in prison. hello. the weather is not expected to change very much over the next few days. the kind of weather where strong spring sunshine can make it feel quite warm by day but, at night, clear skies can still allow it to get cold and frosty. now, on the earlier satellite image, you can see this stripe of cloud here. this is a weakening weather front, not much rain left on it, but certainly more in the way of cloud as this sinks down across england and wales through the first part of wednesday.

also some mist and murk, and low cloud lapping onto some southern coasts of england. so a bit of a grey start for parts of england and wales, even with the odd spot of rain, but it will brighten up with some sunny spells into the afternoon. scotland and northern ireland having a sunny but chilly start, and keeping hold of some sunshine through the day. just more in the way of cloud, where you see the blue colours on the map, that's where we're expecting temperatures below freezing, but quite widely there'll be a touch of frost to take us into thursday morning. but for the end of the week, high pressure really will assert its influence right on top of the british isles. butjust around the southern flank of that high, we will have some quite brisk winds blowing across the channel islands, the south—west of england, also affecting some other southern and eastern coasts. but as you can see, largely cloud—free skies to start thursday. butjust around the southern flank of that high, we will have some quite brisk winds blowing across the channel islands,

the south—west of england, also affecting some other southern and eastern coasts. but as you can see, largely cloud—free skies to start thursday. i think we'll see a bit of patchy cloud bubbling up through the day, but generally speaking, quite a lot of sunshine. highest temperatures in the west at 15,16, maybe 17 celsius, but for eastern and also southern coasts, actually, particularly where we have that breeze in the south, it's going to feel on the chilly side. still quite windy down towards the south and the southwest on friday. a bit of cloud across scotland maybe squeezing out the odd spot of rain, but elsewhere it's dry, long spells of sunshine, a bit warmer by this stage, 17—18 celsius in some western areas. and, as we head into the weekend, it stays largely dry, more of that strong sunshine by day but still the chance of some frosty nights.

this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones with special coverage of the trial of derek chauvin for the murder of george floyd. we the jury, in the above entitled matter, as to count one, unintentional second—degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. a jury decides the former minneapolis police officer killed george floyd last year by kneeling on his neck — he could face up to a0 years injail. and to a0 years injail. will be and to a0 years in jail. will be sentenced in eight weeks' and will be sentenced in eight weeks' time. mr floyd's supporters welcome the verdict outside the court. president biden has given his reaction to the verdict. his legacy will not just be about his death but what we must do in his memory.