razor wire in what amounts to a ditch and two sets of fencing to keep people out of that courthouse at all cost the national guard have been brought in and minneapolis metro police are all working tonight as we wait to listen to the reading of the verdict against derek chauvin in the case of george floyd >> it's 5:00 on the east coast, 2:00 p.m. on the west coast. 4:00 p.m. in minneapolis, st. paul, where moments from now we expect the verdict to be read in the case of derek chauvin the then-cop accused of killing george floyd i mentioned the crowds are growing and they are momentarily when court proceedings begin you see the seal of the state of minnesota on the left side of your screen, we'll know this is about to get under way when the camera pulls out to reveal the courtroom itself then the judge will take over and then the reading of the

verdict followed by thanking the jurors for participation they'll be under strict guard for quite some time. in minnesota you do get to know the names of the panelist on the jury but the judge has already indicated he will not release those names, at least not today and likely not for at least a couple weeks last thing they want is for any of those jurors to be in any danger based son the public servic danger based on any public service they've given in this trial. it's the 14th day and reached deliberations. we don't know who the jury foreperson is or the way the jury was leaning we do know this throughout the course of this trial, of course because of covid distancing and the rest, the number of people allowed in the courtroom was very small but in all instances there was one reporter inside the courtroom at every moment who reported essentially for all media organizations. a pool reporter who would give us notes from inside the

courtroom of what was happening. sort of color what was being discussed when the cameras were down what the 1 1y0rs were doing. what the jurors were doing we never seen their faces, and we never heard from a single juror throughout the course of the proceedings, but we did get information about what they were doing. the headline was these jurors were taking copious notes almost every day on almost every subject. a number of them were writing notes during the critical medical examiner testimony who went through chapter and verse very calmly throughout the better portion of a day explaining what happened there and then other witnesses as well, all the way up until the end of the proceedings when the jury was charged we don't have a lot of information about what was happening during closing arguments. i can tell you now that the proceedings are over with our guidance we received prior to

the closing arguments by prosecution and defense was this, the prosecution expected to go about an hour, maybe not quite, the defense something less than half hour, maybe not quite, and then the prosecution would get rebuttal, as is always the case so that the prosecution gets the last word before it goes to the jury and it would be fairly quick it was our belief all of closing arguments would take somewhere less than two hours, instead, the prosecution went an hour and half, the defense went two and half hours, so long that almost in mid-sentence, certainly in mid-paragraph the jury interrupted the defense council and said we have to take a break. it was well after 2:00 central time the panelists had not been given a lunch break. they had been given 20 minutes break between the prosecution and defense but hadn't even had lunch. they were given 30 minutes for lunch and came back and the defense continued. then there was prosecution,

re rebuttal and a lot of talking. this jury has been through a lot. they worked a long day yesterday. they worked early this morning and finished up now just over two hours ago and now we wait to see exactly what the decision is on the three counts, murder in the second degree which carries up to 40 years in prison, murder in the third degree which carries 25 years in prison and manslaughter carries up to 10 years in prison. this caveat under the guidelines a defense, well, it would be a convicted person who has no prior convictions, the guidelines would indicate something around 12.5 years in prison there is a guilty verdict on these counts the defense attorneys have already said they will likely, likely appeal now the judge is at the bench, let's listen for the verdict in the case against derek chauvin.

>> all rise for the jury >> please be seated. members of the jury, i understand you have a verdict.

members of the jury, i will now read the advertise read the verdict. -- district court state of minnesota plaintiff versus derek chauvin defense verdict count i -- 12646. we the jury in the aboved entitled -- count i, find the defendant guilty. signed by jury foreperson juror 19 same caption verdict count two we the jury in the above entitled count two, find the defendant guilty, agreed to this 20th day of

april, 2021 at 1:45 p.m. signed by jury foreperson juror number 19 same caption verdict count three. we the jury in the above entitled matter in count three second degree manslaughter find the defense guilty on april 20, 2021. jury foreperson 019. members of the jury i will now ask individually if these are your true and correct verdicts respond yes or no. jury two. >> yes. >> juror nine are these your true and correct verdicts? >> yes. >> juror 19. >> yes. >> juror 27 are these your true and correct verdict. >> yes. >> juror 44 are these your true and correct verdict. >> yes. >> juror 52 are these your true and correct verdicts >> yes. >> juror 55 are these your true

and correct verdicts >> yes >> juror 79, are these your true and correct verdicts >> yes. >> juror 85, are these your true and correct adveverdicts >> yes. >> juror 91. >> yes. >> juror 92 are these your true and correct verdicts. >> yes. >> are these your verdicts so say you one, so say you all. >> yes. >> members of the jury i find the verdicts reflect the will of the jury and will be filed accordingly. i have to thank you on behalf of the people of the state of minnesota for heavy-duty jury service. i will ask you to follow the deputy back to your usual room and i'll join you in a few minutes to ask questions and visit you further. all rise for the jury. [ cheers and applause

murder two, guilty murder three, guilty manslaughter in the second degree, guilty derek chauvin guilty on all counts >> you may file a written argument as to blakely factors within one week. the court will issue factual findings one week after that we will order psi immediately returnable in four weeks and we will also have briefing on, after you get the psi, six weeks from now and then eight weeks from now we will have sentencing, we'll get you the exact dates in a scheduling order. is there a motion on behalf of the state? >> the state will move to have the court revoke the defendant's bail. >> bail is revoked and bond

discharged and defendant remanded to the custody of the county sheriff anything further all right. thank you. >> and they're speaking at george floyd plaza on the right side of the screen listen >> it's -- it's unbelievable i didn't think it would happen i was so nervous it was -- it was all anxiety it was all nervous i live, you know, right in up town, 15 blocks away, and i was honestly afraid. i was scared that the city was going to burn. this is a city i love. this is my city. and i'm just so -- it's just so much relief now. there was just so much bubbling. it's relief now. and we can finally breathe

finally breathe like somebody can finally take their knee off of our neck. >> from george floyd plaza, the first reaction post-verdict. let's go to our own legal assistant, david, you've been with us throughout this. david henderson, let's get your thoughts on what's just happened and what it all means. >> i'm going to start by saying this, today is the 150th anniversary of ku klux klan act of 1871 known as 42 usc section 983 it's the law that protects us from abuse by government officials including police officers when they violate our constitutional rights. i can't think of a more appropriately historic day or historic verdict than what we just received. i can provide a legal analysis on what this verdict of con conviction means on all three

counts, will fundamentally change policing in america part of what needed to be proved -- a police officer established a clearly-established law. when you have police chief getting on the stand on national standard talking about what standards are and are not appropriate in a case police officer is convicted, historic verdict that will lead to fundamental changes across the country. >> what do you see happening across the country it's clear cities across america were very concerned. there were so many who were pushing for equal justice who were concerned no matter what happens today it may not be enough from the looks of things at george floyd plaza, seeing people on their knees and thankful i saw tears there. i heard a man say finally we can breathe. might this be a part-time elixir as we work on the bigger problem from coast-to-coast. >> shep, that's right and to be

completely frank with you, we're talking about a community that's so accustom to not receiving justice that this will be an unfamiliar occurrence when we do receive justice in light of what happened i do think you'll see push back over time, i can't stretch that enough what was unique about derek chauvin killing george floyd was the circumstances in which it happened eliminated the argument we often hear about police officers having to make split-second decisions you see other cases namely adam toledo or daunte wright, where those arguments are going to merge and cause even more tension, i think, in george floyd's case than killing george floyd i think what you said is true we'll have a temporarily breath now that justice has been served. >> we talk about police officers and how difficult to convict them of just about anything but in this case we saw so many 234u to us thing -- new to us things.

we saw the police chief and trainer testify against him, and we saw throughout this case an understanding that what happened here was wrong and we all realize there must have been how many times and how many cases before cellphones, before smart phones, we didn't know exactly what had happened. and policing across america as we both know a lot of cops and a lot of really good ones, but we are positive now that there are those who are doing wrong. you wonderf what fundamental changes are ahead. >> i think the body cameras are a game changer in new york city the police commissioner was all for body cameras because he thought it would bring out the best in the new york city police department. that's what happened here. it will were so many cameras

from so many angles i never been involved in a case with so many vantage points for the juror to see what took place. so i think, thank god body cameras will inhibit the bad police officers and the good police officers, hopefully that will be a tool to protect them from harm's way. let's face it, schhepard,, that not a job i'd want the to do, especially in new york city. so technology, i think, is benefiting everyone across the board. >> we've been watching the reaction there on the streets. carol evan as our local station channel 11 in minneapolis has been covering this wall to wall, as you might imagine, let's listen in to see how the people of minneapolis are hearing this on their local station >> they've spent the last year stressed and anxious waiting for justice one woman saying she feels her babies are officially now safe, that this is the start

of by new america, for black men and women in this country. and she said this is just the beginning. there's still a long way to go when it comes to racial equality and all people being treated in this country but she said this is just the beginning, basically the same sentiment we heard from everyone in this historic moment at 38th and chicago, the same intersection where george floyd was killed nearly a year ago [ honking and cheering ]. >> our local reporter there describe the scene right around george floyd plaza our own frank holland is among the crowd, frank, what are you hearing and seeing >> you can hear people chanting. earlier when the verdict was read people started chanting all three. it's important to note the tension and anxiety has been released you see people shouting and clapping and yelling

it's not joy people say it's a sense of rel relief ed -- >> i saw you with the sign and you were taking part in the yelling, people releasing themselves, who you are you feeling at this moment >> very much relieved this is over with, you know what, we got our justice, we're not going to stop, we'll keep going right now we're going to turn this around. all i know they're going to

jail no tear gas. i -- >> we're hoping nothing like that happens justice is a word we continue to hear. this young man cameron you were one of the loudest yelling people, talk to us about your emotions in this moment. >> i've been through a lot with these protests, i've been up front and unfortunately did get hit with a tear gas bullet but this is what we want to see in our community, a change -- didn't expect a lot but i didn't think it was all that, i'm very excited to see what is next for the community. >> i want to touch on what he was saying, a lot of people want to see what happens next a lot of people felt like a guilty verdict was a turning point not only for the city but for the country, for policing, for racial injustice and other issues in this nation. behind me people are gathering

some of the crowd has left again, a sense of relief that this community won't be potentially unsettled once again if there was not guilty verdict a lot of people were very concerned about that you see the signs and people chanting, a group of people who are gathering here basically with one mindset, if you will, that this was the outcome that's the best, at least in their mind, for this community. >> frank, thanks we got a statement from civil rights attorney who represented george floyd's family, and a statement from his family as well quote, painfully earnest justice has arrived for george floyd's family and the community in minneapolis but today's verdict goes far beyond this city and has significant implications for the country and even the world justice for black america is justice for all of america this case is a turning point in american history for

accountability of law enforcement and sends i clear message we hope is heard clearly in every city, every state we thank minnesota attorney general edge keith alisson and team for fierce dedication for justice for george but we have not forgotten the other three officers who played a role in the death of george floyd must be held accountable as well. we'll discuss those cases how they will proceed in a moment. first to former pretz and ceo of the naacp who is live with us this afternoon, mr. brooks your reaction to this. >> my eaction is much like those in the crowd a sense of relief and resolve. relief not in terms of violence, rioting and that kind of thing, but violence held accountable, namely, derek chauvin has been

held accountable and found guilty on all three charges. and a sense of resolve why, because where we saw in the wake of george floyd's murder the largest demonstration in american history, namely, 26 million americans across 550 jurisdictions. we saw the cry from the crowd that is essentially nationwide a cried for justice heard and heeded by a group of jurors in minneapolis, minnesota incredibly powerful. so i'm relieved but i also feel a deep sense of resolve as do people all across this country. in other words, the jury has spoken but america has yet to speak in terms of dangerous, violent policing. >> cornell, what do you see specifically changing in the wake of this across america? >> several things. first of which is in washington, in our nation's capital in

congress passing the george floyd act. in other words, it's not enough to ask the jurors to do what they were charged with doing, congress must do what it is charged with doing, prevent future george floyd's as hashtags opposed to human beings two. reigning in kurt ailing qualified immunity this legal shield to allow police officers to act like derek chauvin and take black lives for granted with impunity. and certainly turning around policing, transforming policing so black and brown people don't feel like objects of sysuspicio opposed to of protection this jury has spoken with respect to the murder of george floyd. we remember walter scott killed in south carolina, that police officer was sent to jail but in

inter convenienting year intervening years we've seen black bodies in the street so the point here, great sense of relief and deeper sense of resolve to end police brutality and violence in this country. >> it was notable and somewhat historic to see a police chief take the stand against one of his own officers. >> that's right. >> it was notable and maybe historic as well to see the trainer come up to say that officer who i trained did not do what i trained him to do the blue wall in this case is gone would you anticipate that the blue wall might have cracks in it from coast-to-coast >> absolutely. so wonderfully stated in the apt description of where we are in this country in other words, i'm not unduly unrealistic, but the blue wall is crumbling in other words, we have police chiefs, we have the rank and

file of policing in this country simply saying that is too much what we need however is for policing and police officers to not merely note that the wall is cracking, they need to bring the wall down. they need to step across that wall into the community and stand in moral solidarity with people who say we want to be treats as human becomes and regarded as fellow citizens not the object of your batons and ta tasers, we need them to cross that wall and join citizens all across this country who are literally standing up and against police brutality. >> i wouldn't inter up the you but nancy pelosi house speaker is speaking, let's listen. >> say to them, thank you, god bless you for your grace and your dignity, for the model that you are, appealing for justice in the most dignified way.

they are in search of justice and now they see this giant step but as our colleagues have said, it's not over. they complimented the congressional black caucus for its role that its played in all of this they are eager to see the george floyd justice and policing act passed and signed by the president into law all of them, well, rodney and terrence the brothers, bridget their sister, we all know keta the force of nature within the family, but gianna his daughter, to see this justice on behalf of her father. his name synonymous with justice and dignity and grace and

friarfulness and prayerfulness. we thank god we thank jesus because we were praying to him all along right. we thank god they are people of faith they conveyed that to me on the phone but they've conveyed it all along. so as the eight weeks putting what the judge said, we know the sentencing, but that's part of the justice of it all as well. mr. kibrin has been a solid, steady force for all of us here. because this was traumatic my little granddaughter who just turned 12, she said why is taking so long, we all saw it on tv we saw it happen and thank god the jury validated what we saw. what we saw.

so, again, thank you george floyd for sacrificing your life for justice, for being there to call out to your mom, how heartbreaking was that, call out for your mom, i can't breathe, but because of you and because of thousands -- millions of people around the world who came out for justice, your name will always be synonymous with justice. >> nancy pelosi, the house speaker, with the congressional black caucus outside the capitol. i want to go back to david henderson, civil rights attorney, cnbc contributor david, sometimes in these moments you make too much of it. this turning the corner, cracks in the wall. and sometimes you don't spend enough time focussing on what we have just witnessed. i mean, we're dealing with a

community that has said we've never had justice. minneapolis is strewn with court cases over decades and decades for a lack of justice for black and brown people and on this day the system worked. the videos was there the police officers testified. a guilty man was convicted there may be appeals but today the system worked and it feels like there's a moment in time we should celebrate the fact it does. >> shep, i think that's absolutely right sometimes we misinterpreted pretty what strength is, it's being vulnerable, because you open yourself up to being hurt, part of that is being a loving person with faith in other people but what this verdict should do -- this is coming from

someone who remembers the rodney king video when i was in high school and seems like for past 30 years it's been one disappointment after another this is a turning point for our country and goes back to what i told you my favorite words of the trial the second paramedic who said as a human being i was trying to give him a second chance at life the individual who said listen there's a possibility we can save this man, let's try that spirit is what we need and what this trial had the ability to be part of and fortunately it is it's brought healing it brings hope yes it if if it's a mistake to celebrate that it's a mistake we both need to make. >> arthur, here in new york and beyond, we've seen this play out before and there's always a bit of angst, especially those watching and doing so trying to eliminate their own bias

observing the courtroom, you see the weight of the evidence, and the lack of anything in the way of defense that is substantive that you can say, maybe it's this that really didn't exist in this case yet the tensions were extremely, extremely high and to see this relief across minneapolis, we're looking at a ground shot now but there's an aerial they are flying by a building, you can see whatever tensions there were there, whatever might have transpired tonight there's a completely different thing happening and it just feels -- it -- it just feels -- i don't know. i'm just thankful. thankful that we're not about to be in a world of hurt here. >> kudos to the jury let's face it, they did not waste any time they gave it -- obviously they thought about it, right, they didn't just run in and reach a verdict and run back out but i don't think it was eight hours

which mentioned in the beginning of the broadcast that that is pretty quick with a trial of this magnitude, almost a month long i have to say maybe it was my prosecutor's hat that was on, i'm not surprised by this verdict. the videotape was overwhelming i said it after opening statements i said you can't get over the emotions you can't get over the coldness in derek chauvin's eyes. and most importantly to me were the bi the bystanders who were narrating, saying you're killing him you're killing -- you can't -- there's certain evidence -- right, you're a bum -- there's certain evidence that is insurm insurmountable so i'm not surprised the jury reached this verdict and i don't know anyone -- i don't know anyone who is really upset by this verdict i haven't met anyone who said chauvin did the right thing and this is not a police officer not

a law enforcement officer, you haven't met one person who thought this defendant wasn't guilty and justice will be served and by the way, he volunteered to serve ten years before the trial started. >> he was going to cop to man two. >> man two with the aggravated sentence you described. >> right. >> not the minimum sentence for someone with no criminal past. he wanted to serve it in federal prison to be protected but the attorney general of the united states of america said no we're not going to do that >> david, this -- there's a lot to be discussed here the other officers who will also be tried i want to speak briefly about sentencing the guidelines -- can you impose this sentence concurrently or -- and in addition, can you go outside the guidelines for someone who has no priors. for in other words, murder two carries with it the maximum possibility of 40 years in prison, murder three 25 years,

man two, 10 years in prison. can you add them all up and shake or no. >> that's a great question, no, you cannot add these up because they're all based on the exact same conduct that's something i thought would confuse the jury but apparently wasn't when they looked at the charge when you charge someone with different o of offenses all based on the exact same conduct no they can't be sentenced back-to-back to back he can't have multiple convictions. that's consfusiconfusing. jury can find him gimty of jury can find them guilty of all three but the judge will sentence to the highest defense, second-degree murder this is fundamental judges sometimes go down from sentencing guidelines but will not go up. so part of what judge cahill will consider not only what derek chauvin did to george floyd but also derek chauvin

compared to other officers who have been convicted of comparable crimes. i think we should expect to see presumptoive innocence guidelins . >> regarding sentencing, will there be hearings in the way there often are at sentencing 1234 at sentencing? often times in court proceedings you save the character witness, for instance george floyd's brother you would save for the sentencing phase but in minnesota they allow that testimony during the case in chief. >> so somewhat you're talking about usually happens in death penalty cases where the jury decides whether there's a death penalty. here, if you remember, after summations there was a whole argument, not an argument but proceedings with the judge and asked mr. nelson to basically what's called alicute chauvin

about a blakely hearing they could have had a hearing about whether the aggravated sentencing should come into play instead they waved that hearing and the judge will make the decision whether there was enough aggravatie factors to sentence him at the higher guidelines and at the end of today's proceedings judge set the schedule, in one week prosecutor's papers are due and then there's going to be sentencing eight weeks down the road from what we heard today from the judge it's all going to be done on papers until the sentence is actually handed down by the judge. >> david, back to you. we've talked about the crack in the blue wall. we've talked about whether that sort of thing will be a relic of the past or be a long and arduous period there's another matter to discuss, it's delicate, i have a

lot of cop friends who talk about how in a split second a decision you make is one thing but when you have nine minutes and 30 seconds it's quite another. and you wonder where we've made mistakes and how we sfaled as -- failed as a society when we have a veteran police officer who thinks it's okay to keep his neck on a suspect when he is flailing trying to get away and then when he screams i can't breathe, i can't breathe, then he stops screaming and starts pushing up with his hands and his face pushed down into the street and then when all of that stops and for about three minutes he is dieing there motionless, not only is he not fighting, we now know he was not breathing and then when the ambulance comes up and medics want to give aid to this person and officer chauvin remains with his knee and the force of his body on his neck and he continues even at that point, it

feels like that's a matter we're going to need to address, not as individual police departments across america but as a society, that a human being could think it's okay with the power granted to him by the state or in this case the city to do something like that to another human >> shep, a agree with you. you're hitting at a larger issue though that is 100% we have to reexamine how something like this could ever happen by a member of an organization whose role is to, quote, protect and to serve right? in minneapolis it goes further to qualify exactly what that means in context here's something we got to keep in mind, goes to what arthur pointed out with body cameras. i was at the district attorney's office when police officers were coming in asking for body cameras because they felt it would help them gather more information. often times those cameras have by habit of turning themselves

off when information could later be used in the broader narrative. everything about the manner in which george floyd died we wouldn't have known. seen it in ahmad aubery's case that was swept under the rug and then the investigation brought out a lot more facts i agree we got to ask how it ever happened in a case like this we have to look at the inadequate investigations that occur in other cases that don't allow us to ask the hard questions in the first place another issue that's perhaps an umbrella covering these topics is we got to evaluate the narratives we accepted with regard to policing look what happened in daunte wright's case, the argument is

was a split-second decision, seems authorities have accepted that but it's not a split-second decision the way we're led to believe split-second decision should be important. because we think split-second decision means an officer's life is on the line and they have to decide what to do. that doesn't happen in the vast majority of cases so the question is are we going to continue to let officers act the way it does. >> now a statement by keith ellison. >> he was loved by his family and friends but that isn't why he mattered. he mattered because he was a human being and there's no way we can turn away from that reality. the people who stopped and raised their voices on may 25th, 2020, were a bouquet of humanity a phrase i stole from my friend jerry blackwell. a bouquet of humanity.

old, young, men and women. black and white. a man from the neighborhood just walking to get a drink a child going to buy a snap with her cousin an off-duty firefighter on her way to a community garden. brave, young people, teenagers, who press record on their cellphones why did they stop? they didn't know george floyd. they didn't know he had a beautiful family they didn't know he had been a great athlete. and they didn't know he was a proud father or that he had people in his life who loved him. they stopped and raised their voices and they even challenged authority because they saw his humanity they stopped and they raised their voices because they knew that what they were seeing was wrong. they didn't need to be medical professionals, or experts in the use of force, they knew it was wrong.

and they were right. these community members, this bouquet of humanity did again in this trial they performed simple yet profound acts of courage they told the truth. and they told the whole world the truth about what they saw. they were vindicated by the chief of police. by minneapolis's longest serving police officer and by many other police officers who stepped up and testified as to what they saw and what they knew what happened. on that street was wrong we owe it, and we owe our gratitude to fulfilling -- we owe them our gratitude for fulfilling their civic duty and their courage in telling the truth. to countless people in minnesota and across the united states who join them in peacefully demanding justice for george

floyd, we say, all of us, thank you. in the coming days more may seek to express themselves again through petition and demonstration. i urge everyone to honor the legacy of george floyd by doing so calmly, legally, and peacefully i urge everyone to continue the journey to transformation and justice. it's in your hands now i also want to address the floyd family, if i may over the last year the family of george floyd had to relive again and again the worse day of their lives when they lost their brother, their father, their friend i'm profoundly grateful to them for giving us the time we needed to prosecute this case they have shown the world what grace and class and courage really look like although a verdict alone cannot end their pain, i hope it's another step on the long path

toward healing for them. there's no replacing your beloved perry or floyd as his friends called him but he is the one who sparked a worldwide movement and that's important. we owe our thanks to the men and women of the jury who gave many of hours of their time and attention to carefully listening to the evidence, weighing the facts, rendering a verdict they're regular people from all walks of life. a lot like that bouquet of humanity on that corner may 25th and in that courtroom. they answered the call and they served in a landmark trial they now deserve to return to their lives. they ask you to respect their privacy, we ask you to honor that request i want to acknowledge the remarkable team that helped us prosecute the case we put everything we had into this prosecution

we presented the best case that we could and the jury heard us and we're grateful for that. we had the sole burden of proof in the case and history shows winning cases like these can be difficult. i'm proud of every hour, every minute, and every ounce of effort we put into this case and let me tell you, we spent many hours working on this case did we not we, week after week, committee meeting after committee meeting, this team never let up and it never quit we fought every day and we did it together. for the attorney general's office together with the attorney's office, thank you, sir, and we did it together. i'm deeply grateful it to everyone who worked on the case. most of these folks will tell you it's a bad idea to put together a team of all michael jordan's, nobody would want to pass the ball. this team, that was their true

strength is sharing the load, passing the ball, understanding that all of us together are smart than any one of us alone and that worked. although the verdict has been rendered, this is not the end. in the coming week the court will determine sentencing and later in the summer we expect to present another case we will not be talking about that this verdict reminds us how hard it is to make enduring change. i want to finish by sharing important historical legacy. in 1968 the commission -- a famous african-american psychologist with his wife contributed to

compelling research in brown versus education case and dr. turner testified at the that commission and i want to quote what he said i read that report, the one in 1919 riot in chicago and it was as if i were reading the report of the investigative committee in harlem riot in 1985, 1943, and the watts riot i must say to you as members of the commission it's like an alice in wonderland the same picture shown over and over again, same recommendation, same in action, those are the words of dr. clark in 196 8 here we are in 2021, still addressing the same

problem. since dr. clark testified we have seen rodney king, oscar grant eric garner michael brown sandra defended -- stephen clark jefferyson breonna taylor and now daunte wright and adam toledo this has to end. we need true justice that's not one case. that is a social transformation that says that nobody is beneath the law and no one is above it this verdict reminds us that we must make enduring, systemic, societal change. more than a month ago, months before george floyd was murdered the minnesota public safety commission and i released our

work on reducing deadly force from law enforcement and what we all wanted is for everyone to go home safe. any time someone doesn't everyone's lives are changed forever. we need to use this verdict as an inflection point. what if we just prevented the problem instead of having to try these cases. we don't want any more community members dieing at the hands of law enforcement and their family's lives ruined. we don't want any more law enforcement members having to face criminal charges and their family's lives ruined. we don't want any more communities torn apart one way to prevent this is to get into a new relationship where we as a society reexamine use of force and our old settled assumptions, i'm so proud of the chief and minneapolis police officer who's by their testimony said enough is enough.

another way to prevent it is by access nomging and -- acknowledging and lifting everyone's humanity and helping communities heal and officer's be well, accountable, passing laws an instituting policies and training is important, but they must be more than words on paper and there must be accountability for violating them with this verdict we've brought some accountability. this verdict demands us to never give up the hope we can make enduring change. generations of people said slavery would never end, that jim crow would never end, that women would never be equal to men, that if you were different in anyway you could never be a full and equal member of our society, today we have to end this travesty of recurring, enduring deaths at the hands of law enforcement. those beliefs are things we have to focus our attention on.

as i now do close i just want to say to you, the work of our generation is to put unaccountable law enforcement behind s it's time to transform the relationship between community and the people who are sworn to protect them from one that is mistrustful, suspicious and in some cases terrifying into one that is empathetic, compassionate and affirming, with that will benefit everyone, including police officers who deserve to serve in a profession that is honored in departments where they don't have to worry about colleagues who don't follow the rules now that work is in your hands the work of our generation is to put an end to the vestiges of jim crow and centuries of trauma and finally put an end to racism we can end it. it doesn't have to be with us into the future if we decide now

to have true liberty and justice for all. the work of our generation is to say good-bye to old practices that don't serve us any more and to put them all behind us. one conviction, even one like this one that creates -- can create a powerful new opening to shed old practices and reset relationships. so with that, i just want to say that i do hope that people step forward and understand that nobody can do everything but everybody can do something you can do something the way every day people like donald williams and christopher martin and charles mcmillan and all those teens and young people stepped up and did something can you do things like help pass the george floyd justice and accountability act it's in your hands let's get the work done. >> the minnesota attorney general keith ellison speaking

after the alex verdict. in a moment we'll hear from the george floyd family in moments from now in addition we've got word from the white house that the president will speak we don't know exactly when but we'll of course have live coverage of that when it ha happens. we now have information from the family's attorney ben crump that the president called george floyd's family in the moments after the verdict was read and there's a video of that which we'll be playing for you in just a moment first, you can see the crowds who are happy about the verdict down on the streets. our frank holly and is there with them. our frank holland is with them. >> the crowds are still here many left to share the news with their friends and families and discuss what happened today. we are joined by a number of people from out of town for this historic moment. these two gentlemen came from chicago. can you give us a sense why you

wanted to come from chicago, how long's the ride? why did you want to be here today? >> we're from a civil rights firm in chicago and it's our duty to be on the ground in so sol solidarity for the memory of george floyd. >> i see you have guilty signs were you always confident this would be the outcome of the trial. >> absolutely not. >> to be clear you were not confident. >> i was not confident at all. first off, you never know what a jury will do, and second, i was just so scared of what could or couldn't happen, you never know. but i'm happy it came to the right outcome. >> thank you for speaking with us we have other people here. this gentleman you're from minneapolis and live here now. >> yeah. >> give us sense of your emotions. >> i feel happy because they did their job 1 and i feel safe.

now i can have kid and feel safe in the united states. >> how about you, you live here in minneapolis. >> i do. >> what's your emotion during the trial and now. >> my emotion during the trial was anxiety, concerned about which way this would turn out and what the reaction of the city would be. but to look at it now it's like at day of jub ille, a celebration and what we're here for. also, willet me be clear, it's also bittersweet sweet from the standpoint that we love george floyd, we got justice today. but this is only one particular day and what america should be paying attention to is what it took to get this day of justice.

it took politicians and mayors and chief of police, citizens and church leaders and nine-year-old babies and families to speak out at the ends of the day all things considered in order for the right verdict, everybody has to speak out to get justice for minorities and black people, that's something we have to pay attention to because we're just at the beginning of what's taking place, we have a long way to go. we still have to deal with the murder of adam toledo and daunte wright it's better from that standpoint because if we have to exhaust this amount of energy, resources and time to come up with this particular verdict we're still up for an uphill battle. that's a major concern for me but today is beautiful. >> i think a lot of people share that same frustration. you had the phone out the time we were talking what are you doing, are you reporting what's

going on yes i'm absolutely recording because i want to make sure we're on the front lines it's not safe for everybody to come out i am the founder and executive director of a mentor leadership organization for young, black males so some young, black males are afraid to be out for the fact they might get murdered so they have to have representatives and we want to be on the front lines to do that and also for other families around the city. we want to can redefine this city and what they think of black men in america because they completely have us misunderstood. >> appreciate your perspective good luck with your nonprofit. >> thank you >> another thing touched on, they saw themselves in george floyd or a relative in george floyd many people say they have someone in their family or they themselves could have been in that it position so many saying it was justice for george floyd, seeing derek chauvin convicted

they felt it was justice for them and also for people in this community and others in this nation and people of color who don't feel safe when encountering law enforcement back to you. >> frank, thank you. i mentioned the president called george floyd's family after the reading of the verdict, as it turned out benjamin crunk the family's attorney was holding the speaker phone while the president called the family. listen close >> hello >> how -- >> nothing is going to make it all better but at least now there's some justice. >> right >> and you know, i think in gianna saying my dad's going to change the world, it's going to

start to change now. >> yes. >> amen. >> got to change it now. so, you've been incredible you're an incredible family i wish i was there to put my arms around you. we've been watching every second of this. the vice president and all of us and i'm just -- we're all so relieved not just guilty on one verdict but guilty on all three counts, it's really important. i'm anxious to see you guys. i really am. we're going to get a lot more done we're going to do a lot. we're going to stay at it to get it done. >> hopefully this is the momentum for the george floyd justice and policing act to have you sign. >> you got it, pal, that and a lot more a lot more >> thank you, mr. president. >> this gives us a shot at dealing with aggenuine systemic

racism i have someone here wants to say something. >> okay. >> i'm just so thankful to the entire family your courage your commitment, your strength this is a day for justice in america and your family have been real leaders in this moment where we needed you and in george's name and memory we're going to make sure his legacy is in tact and history will look back at this moment and know that you have had to sacrifice so much as a family but we really do believe with your leadership and the president that we have in the white house that we're gonna make something good come out of this tragedy, okay >> thank you, madame vice president. >> you better all get ready because when we do it we're going to get you here. [ laughter ]

>> there you go, the president of the united states with a call to the floyd family. again, the floyd family to come to the microphones in just a little while to share their thoughts with all of us. in addition the president will speak in the not-too-distant future the white house was not specific about it. we're approaching the top of the hour, so a reset as our coverage continues on cnbc. it's 6:00 on the east coast, 3:00 p.m. on the west coast. this is. continuing coverage on the derek chauvin trial. guilty on all counts three different counts count one, murder in the second degree, unintentional murder guilty count two, murder in the third degree, guilty and count three, second degree manslaughter, guilty on all three. as you may have heard our attorneys say earlier, in this case the largest of the charges, the stiffest of the charges

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