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manslaughter, culpable negligence creating an unreasonable risk find the defendant guilty. >> derek chauvin guilty on all charges. the former minneapolis police officer who killed george floyd with a knee to the neck handcuffed and led away after a jury of his peers deliberated for just ten hours. but as chauvin disappears behind bars, what's next for america? that's a much harder question. >> collective relief over the verdict, understandable and spektd. but this is one conviction. that's a measure of accountability denied to so many others. an in justice not lost on minnesota's attorney general. >> this verdict reminds us how hard it is to make enduring change. here we are in 2021, still addressing the same problem. since dr. clark testified, we have seen rodney king, abener

luima, oscar grant, eric garner, freddie gray, sandra bland, laquan mcdonald, anton black, 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's beneath the law and no one is above it. >> this is the front page of today's minneapolis star tribune, a giant headline there, convicted. cnn's adrian brodus is live for us. you have lived and worked in that city for so many years. you've been covering this for weeks. tell us, what is the mood like there? i imagine it's relief more than elation. we obviously see people in the streets screaming out, but what did it feel like?

>> reporter: it's quiet here this morning, and yesterday i can say there was a collective exhale, and that headline you just showed in the local paper, the star tribune, big bold font, convicted, that's a headline many minnesotans were hopeful for but thought they would not see. and here we are. i spoke with the former naacp president lesli redmon and she told me the work continues. the work starts today. early in the night or morning, however you want to call it, i spoke with members of george floyd's family. they call him perry. listen in to what they had to say. >> as believers, how do you forgive derek chauvin? >> well, that's what has been instilled in us always. i mean, i've been raised in the

church and i know for me to make it into heaven, you have to forgive people. we don't have to forget because none of us will ever forget. >> no. >> but you have to come to a place where you can forgive. and it may not be today or tomorrow because it takes time, because we're all still hurt. today was the only day that we saw chauvin kind of look surprised, like, oh, i did do something wrong. you know? there was some sort of emotion. >> reporter: and i also want to underscore, they talked about that teen, darnella frazier, the 17-year-old, saying perhaps without her cell phone video, we wouldn't be here today. i remember that night we learned

george floyd died. at the time obviously, i didn't know his name, but minneapolis police told us in a news conference overnight and in a news release that a man had died in police custody. and i remember trading messages with darnella on social media and she pleaded, please, do not let the media cover this up. don't let the police cover this up. they are not telling you the truth. and she posted her video. and despite what that news release said, we now know what happened. guys? >> yeah, but for her amazing strength in that moment, you know, we would not be here. all right, adrian, thank you so much for all your reporting. all right. let's bring in retired l.a.p.d. sergeant cheryl dorsey, author of the book "black and blue."

i was struck by what adrian said about the news release, it said there was a medical event in a police interaction. we know now it was much, much more than just that, and now we've seen the conviction here on three counts of this police officer. is this finally accountability? >> listen, this is just a day. it's not a new day. we have so many other families that are waiting in the wings for justice and accountability, and but for the video we would not be here. we know now that derek chauvin is a demonstrated and proven liar. he tried to mitigate this to his supervisor. the police chief was even given false information. it wasn't until he was shown the actual video he realized he needed to call the mayor, get your checkbook out, chauvin is at it again. >> sergeant dorsey, explain what that does to trust. the police report says one thing, but as in so many of these cases, the video shows

something dramatically different and sometimes there is a lag in between those times. how is anyone supposed to trust the system when you see that happen so many times? >> it's very difficult to trust the system. listen, this is not anything new. our communities have been dealing with this kind of foolishness for decades where we know that there was malfeasance. we know there was misconduct. and it's foo-foo'd away and min minimized by police chiefs. even in that there was subterfuge and distraction, did we really see what we saw. >> sergeant, what should police departments be doing now moving forward? we know derek chauvin violated his own training and policy. what's needed right now in your view? will policing, day to day policing change because police officers see the consequence here of what happened?

>> i don't believe so because, listen, just a couple days ago the officer who shot jacob blake in the back seven times was just given his job. so i don't know that anybody has learned anything from this instance. there's so much more to be done. police chiefs need to admit that they have errant officers in their ranks. they need to pluck them out, get them out of patrol. if you can't get them off the job. and then we'll start to see some accountability from police departments and maybe this will give officers pause. >> president biden weighed in, of course, last night. i want you to listen to this. >> most men and women who wear the badge serve their communities honorably. but those few who fail to meet that standard must be held accountable, and they were today. one was. no one should be above the law. and today's verdict sends that message. >> do you agree with that, sergeant?

does it send a message? it sounds like you're skeptical. >> listen, we know there are errant officers. i don't know what the few is. certainly the fbi told us in a report years ago that several kkk had infiltrated these 18,000 police departments across the united states and we've seen them in action. and so unless and until we get them out of the ranks, unless and until there's psychological evaluations to make sure officers aren't out there in the field with biases, we're going to continue to experience this. >> what are you hearing, sergeant, in law enforcement circles about how your -- how people feel about this, how law enforcement people feel about this verdict? >> well, i'm sure that there are certainly two camps. folks who look like me are in somewhat of a celebratory mood. after all, a man did lose his life and he's not returning to his family. but there is an acknowledgment at least for the first time publicly an officer did something that was contrary to his training and that he's to be

held accountable. we have yet to see what's going to happen with sentencing. i understand as a first offender he's not going to get the maximum. but whatever he gets, it should be commiserate with the crimes he's guilty of. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> new overnight, just as the chauvin verdict is handed down, police shot and killed a teenage girl in columbus, ohio. what the video shows, that's next.

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driveway of a home. >> get up. get up. hey. what's going on, what's going on? hey, hey. get down, get down. get down. get down. >> [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ]. >> okay, so we can only see this from obviously one angle. but in the slowed down video, you can see a girl move toward another girl there in the pink with what appears to be a knife. here is the city's mayor on this. >> not just the mayor, i'm a father.

the city of columbus lost a 15-year-old girl today. we know based on this footage the officer took action to protect another young girl in our community. the family is grieving tonight, and this young 15-year-old girl will never be coming home. >> the officer involved in the shooting will be taken off the streets while the bureau of criminal investigation and the ohio attorney general's office takes over the case. a lot more to come on that for sure. all right. the derek chauvin verdict was seen and heard around the world, but there was much you couldn't see happening inside the courtroom. the jury showed no noticeable reaction to the verdict being read by the judge, and they remained still as they were asked to confirm their votes. cnn's josh campbell was inside

the courtroom as the verdicts were read, and he reports from minneapolis for us. >> reporter: as one of two reporters who were inside that courtroom here tuesday in minneapolis, whenever the verdict was read in the trial of former officer derek chauvin, i can tell you that the tension in the room was simply palpable. chauvin sat at the defense desk with his attorney waiting for the judge to read that verdict. for their part, the prosecution appeared somewhat filled with anxiety and anxious as they sat there eyes darting around the courtroom, fidgeting, waiting again for that verdict to be read. but i can tell you one of the most emotional moments that occurred in the courtroom was from someone who you could not see on screen, that was philonese floyd, the brother of george floyd who sat in the back of the courtroom. he spent almost the entire hearing in prayer, looking up briefly to look at derek chauvin, but as the verdict was read, guilty, guilty, guilty, he sat in prayer, his hands shaking uncontrollably. afterwards he stepped outside the courtroom and received a

phone call from president biden and vice president harris. biden telling the floyd family that he was proud of them for serving as such champions for racial justice, saying his administration will be working to enact real policing reform. i asked floyd afterwards what it was like being in the courtroom and what he was praying for. he said, he was praying for a guilty verdict. he said as an african-american, we rarely get justice. finally, who can forget that moment as an officer approached derek chauvin, he asked him, mr. chauvin, please place your hands behind your back. the handcuff went on the left hand, the handcuff went on the right hand. chauvin was taken out. the very criminal justice system where derek chauvin used to work prosecuting him and convicting him for murder. josh campbell, cnn, minneapolis. >> josh, thank you for that. navigating the up side and downside of speaking up on sensitive topics. what companies are saying about the derek chauvin verdict. our new scented oils give you our best smelling scents.

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a stand or at least not stand back. still, taking a stand is not without risk. companies face pushback from other sides, from the left for not speaking up, or the right for speaking too much. some companies are reconsidering political donations given events like the january insurrection. but they are letting their stance on social issues do the talking instead. >> i think the real question is what do they do besides a strongly worded statement. >> what next. >> what does it actually look like. this has been nearly a year since he was killed. what real change has happened? that's the harder question. >> i think it is important to remember companies pay the bills, right. they pay the paychecks. if you got in equity in terms of pay, it's important for companies to look inward and recognize that. couple of things they can do. not ask if there's been -- if you've been convicted of a crime when you apply for a job. not ask what your former salary used to be. these are ways you keep disparities, generational disparities really in pay and income. these are some things companies can do. >> there are some low-hanging

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>> and i'm christine romans. it is 29 past the hour here in new york. it took a minneapolis jury ten hours to convict derek chauvin for killing george floyd. making real change in american policing, that will take a lot longer. people as far as the eye could see here, a powerful moment in george floyd square 11 months after he was killed right there. fists raised committing to a fight for change. >> tuesday's rare conviction of a police officer may one day be seen as an inflection point. the verdict offering a moment of relief and reflection for george floyd's brother philonese. >> it's been a long journey, and it's been less than a year. and the person that comes to my mind is 1955. and to me he was the first george floyd. that was emmett till. >> wow.

>> i did on cnn with debra watts, and she just brought him back to life. people forgot about him. but he was the first george floyd. >> you see other civil rights leaders there, jesse jackson, reverend al, all the verdicts they've seen have gone a different way. the jury has given its answer on this case, but big questions still remain. >> right. like what's next for derek chauvin, for floyd's family, the three other officers charjged i floyd's death, for minneapolis and the country. cnn's adrian brodus is live for us. good morning. what do you think happens next? what is the mood there in minneapolis this morning? >> reporter: the mood this morning is calm. there was a collective exhale after months and months of waiting. what's next for derek chauvin, well, he is in prison and we expect to see a new booking

photo today, charged and convicted on all three charges. the most serious charge carrying a maximum sentence of 40 years. but if you add in those other aggravating factors, chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer, could spend more than 70 years in bars -- behind bars in prison. i spoke with members of george floyd's family earlier this morning and we asked them what they hoped to see at sentencing, which will take place in june, and the family members we spoke with today, a cousin of floyd and an aunt, said they will be fine with 40 years. the biggest thing for them was the verdict, that verdict means their voices were heard. meanwhile, you've heard a lot of folks talking about george floyd is their emmett till. you might remember emmett till was a 14-year-old who was killed and lynched by white men back in

the '50s. and when his body was discovered, his mother maimie till said she didn't want the casket closed. she wanted the world to see what had been done to her son, sparking a movement, a civil rights movement. and here we are today with a different type of movement. listen in. >> i'm so happy for the floyd family because this is a moment, it's a watershed moment in our country, and it's a moment that we can shout, you know, victory and justice did prevail in this case. and i just know that we can begin to exhale, but only for a little moment because we have more work to do. and i'll tell you, we're still hoping for justice for emmett till as well. we're still going to pursue that courageously, and we are determined to make sure that we right the wrongs of the past.

>> reporter: and that was debra watts you heard from, emmett till's cousin. she lives here in the twin cities. she works tirelessly. it's also important to point out, you talk about the headline that's in the "star tribune" today. it says "convicted." that's what so many people in minnesota hoped for and they weren't sure that would happen. and today many people say they feel seen. back to you, christina and laura. >> minnesota and the world react. george floyd mattered. that's what the sub-head says. thank you so much for that adrian broadus. talk to you soon. laura? >> let's bring in former d.a., prosecutor and director of justice innovation lab. jared, so great to have you on this morning. appreciate it. prosecutors were under so much pressure to secure a conviction in this case. you have tried so many of these cases yourself. just describe how rare it is to

get a guilty verdict against a police officer like this, and why it's so hard. >> it's so hard because most jurors don't want to believe that police officers will misuse their force. they second guess officers when they use excessive force. people don't want to live in a society where police officers do this to citizens. it's often hard for them to believe what they are seeing with their own eyes. >> it's interesting, jared, in the closing argument you heard the prosecutor make that kind of appeal to the jury. he said, i know it might be hard for you to think about a police officer doing something like this -- and i thought, doesn't seem that hard at all. but it's interesting he wanted to make that sort of appeal. i think it speaks to exactly what you're saying there. >> jared, let me ask you this. three counts, maximum sentences of 40 years, 25 years, 10 years. what should we expect at his sentencing? >> well, you're going to hear the prosecutors say over and over again this was murder and

he should be held accountable as it is just like anyone else who gets charged with murder. the defense is going to try to show chauvin's service over the years and try to mitigate this. chauvin didn't wake up that morning to go kill someone. it really comes down to the judge's perspective. listen, the communities have really responded to george floyd. i think it opened a lot of people's eyes up and people want to see accountability the same way that anyone else in society would be held accountable for murdering someone. >> so, the attorney general merrick garland put out a statement federal civil rights investigation is going on in this killing. you worked in that office. do you think d.o.j. will bring federal charges here? >> it's a new administration. i have no idea what this administration would do. listen, you know, he, he was found guilty of the highest charge in this case and so it comes down to whether or not the feds want to show, in addition to it being murder, it was also excessive force t was a

misuse -- it was abuse of constitutional rights as well. we'll have to wait and see on that one. >> you have written about the difference between justice and accountability. i want you to listen to minnesota's attorney general here. >> i would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. but it is accountability, which is the first step towards justice. and now the cause of justice is in your hands. and when i say your hands, i mean the hands of the people of the united states. >> what's your reaction? >> i couldn't agree more. i think convicting officers for wrongdoing is necessary, but it's insufficient for getting justice. far too often after these cases, people say, look, we held the accountable party, found him guilty. they called him a bad apple, they move on. what we have seen in this case and so many others is these aren't just the actions of

individual officers. they take place in a system where day in and day out the lives, particularly of communities of color and low income communities are affected by the way we police them. and if we are going to stop future killings, then we have to change the system. >> i think the evidence shows here it's not about the apples, it's about the roots of the tree. jared, thank you so much for getting up early for us. really appreciate it. >> thanks so much. >> good morning. >> as for the three other officers who took part in george floyd's murder, they were all fired and arrested after floyd's death. they will stand trial on august 23rd. charged with aiding and abetting, second degree murder, and second degree manslaughter. aiding and abetting murder is punishable by up to 40 years in prison in minnesota. during much of the arrest, they were helping restrain floyd while tou was standing nearby keeping onlookers back. >> derek chauvin will spend a long time in prison, but what

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those are members of the congressional black caucus, a visceral reaction as they watch the verdict come down in derek chauvin's case. before the verdict vice president clakamala harris spoko cnn about the difference the guilty verdict made. >> it will not take away the pain of the floyd family. it will not take away the pain of the communities, all communities, regardless of their color or geographic location that felt sadness and anger in what they witnessed in that video. and it will not heal the pain that existed for generations, that has existed for generations among people who have experienced and firsthand witnessed what now a broader public is seeing because of smartphones and the ubiquity of

our ability to tape in real time what is happening in front much our faces. >> once the verdict was read, president biden made a call to the family and their attorney. >> i'm just -- we're all so -- not just one verdict, but all three, all three counts. and 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 in it till we get it done. >> hopefully this is the momentum for the george floyd justice and policing act to get passed to have you sign. >> that, and a lot more. >> so, what does this conviction mean in washington for larger policing reform? cnn's daniela diaz is live on capitol hill with that piece of it. daniela, a lot of talk yesterday from the floyd family about seeing the george floyd justice and policing act as you heard benjamin crump there, get passed. they want to see this happen. remind us what's in that bill and what are the chances it can

actually get passed? >> well, congressman karen bass leading the effort on police reform is hopeful that after derek chauvin's guilty verdict that they'll be able to pass a bill, a bipartisan bill through congress. but, look, there's still a lot of obstacles facing this legislation and the ability for it to pass. right now there are only informal negotiations happening on this legislation. that's how karen bassette described it. informal discussions, nothing formal, no formal negotiations. and democrats and republicans can't agree on certain issues to be able to pass a bipartisan bill. specifically, democrats want to gut qualified immunity which protects police officers in civil court, while republicans want to maintain it. but bass told reporters yesterday that she is still very optimistic that they'll be able to pass a bipartisan bill. she is working with two separate senators from across aisle on this issue. first being cory booker from new jersey, a democrat, and tim scott, a republican from south carolina to be able to pass a

bill through the senate. but the white house has emphasized that this is a priority for them. obviously in their remarks yesterday at the white house after this guilty verdict. they staaid that they want to ps police reform through congress. and vice president kamala harris really spoke to why she believes this is an important issue during her remarks yesterday at the white house. here's what she had to say. >> here's the truth about racial in justice. it is not just a black america problem or a people of color 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 realizing our full potential. >> reporter: so as you heard there, vice president kamala harris is really emphasizing she believes this is an issue for the entire country. but one part of this i didn't

mention was house speaker nancy pelosi facing some backlash yesterday for remarks she made at a press conference with the congressional black caucus after the verdict. she thanked george floyd for sacrificing his life for justice and faced a lot of backlash on social media for thanking george floyd for dying for this guilty verdict for derek chauvin and the importance that this has been given of police reform. but, of course, she walked back her comments in a tweet after her remarks where she said she wished george floyd was still alive, recognizing that her comments were controversial at this press conference. >> yeah, i think controversial puts it mildly there. all right, daniela, thank you so much. appreciate it. we'll be right back. try our new scented oils for freshness that lasts. crafted to give you amazingly natural smelling fragrances, day after day... ...for up to 60 days. give us one plug for freshness that lasts.

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much of the world is just waking up to the news of derek chauvin's conviction. the u.k. facing its own hard questions about racism over these last 12 months. it started with black lives matter protests last sierra lamar. it was re-ignited with harry and meghan's explosive interview with oprah. cnn's salma abdelaziz is live. how is chauvin's verdict being received where you are? >> reporter: you know, laura, i cannot overemphasize just how

huge george floyd's death was across europe. not just here in the u.k. you had tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets and, yes, they were chanting george floyd's name, but that very quickly turned inward. demonstrators started asking for change in their own countries, holding their own government, wanting to see racism tackled here at home. what you're often going to hear or people of color hear here is racism does not exist. and you hear it from people who point to the united states and say, over there where they have those viral videos of police brutality, that's what racism is. here in europe we don't have it, we're liberals. it is a taboo conversation by every meaning of the word and that's what george floyd's death did here. it forced people to talk about the tough stuff, to talk about systemic racism, to talk about the history of colony and empire. i've traveled up and down and i have seen this play out. i have seen statues of slave traders being toppled. i've seen local governments trying to rename streets because

they were named after merchants of enslaved africans. i've seen viral moments where you had a black lives matter protester rescue a white man who was against the blm movement, carry him on his shoulder. all of these moments. these are moments that anti-racism activists hold onto. that harry and meghan interview with oprah we saw about racism in the palace. this is what they point to and say we need to have these conversations. we need to be talking about these issues. but i'm going to tell you, it's really tough. it's very challenging. that's why this is so encouraging to see this verdict for anti-racism activists. i'll give you an example. here in the u.k. in the wake of black lives matter, a race report was issued. it was released last month. it found that systemic racism does not exist in the u.k. you can imagine the backlash. today the united nation speaking out and saying the report is tone deaf and that's what's happening here, laura. people are saying, stop covering your ears, let's talk about it,

it's important we need to tackle it, we need to tackle it now, la laura, because the world is changing. >> salma, thank you so much. the world is changing. the sports world has brought so much attention to the black lives matter movement in the last year. the he twins, vikings, with relief. nba and wnba stars sharing their feelings and what they hope it will mean. >> justice is served and we still have a long time to go. the fact that we're sitting there not knowing what's going to happen, that still means we have a long way to go. we expected that, you know, the out come was going to be like this, but we expected that a lot of times and then the out come was different. i was just saying to myself, i hope they do the right thing because if they don't, they're going to tear this mother up. >> i was sitting in front of the

tv watching the verdict come down, and my hands started sweating. my body started shivering and my heart started pounding because i was nervous. i was nervous because i didn't believe, right. i'm sitting in front of the tv and i didn't believe. even when the verdict came down and all charges that we wanted was met, i still was staring at the tv listening to the judge because i was thinking there was an out coming, because we've never seen this. like shaq said, you can't celebrate this. but if it was any win today, to me it was a win for accountability. >> we're sitting here on a sports show speaking about justice and speaking about things that are going on within our court system. it's not okay to just be a bystander of justice or our political system or democracy. and i think democracy, we think of as a destination and it's a continuous journey and it has to be thought of that way.

and just because we're athletes, just because we're stay-at-home moms or businessmen or doctors or lawyers, whatever we are, like we have to actively participate in that because if we don't we're not doing our job, and we're failing the generation that comes after us. and i just think, you look at the past and how many people before had to die and had to not receive justice for this to happen today. and i just think we can't, we can't hide behind badges, money, power, race, gender, we can't hide behind those things because that's not justice. we're lying to ourselves if we continue to think that. >> powerful conversation. in the meantime, the raiders were criticized for posting this. curiously think about this one. the team's owner says they were playing off what george floyd's brother said, that he can finally breathe, following that verdict. but getting a lot of blowback who said it just was not the right tone. >> they were roasted a lot for

that yesterday. they had it pinned to their twitter page. it looks like they have now taken that down. >> it's interesting. >> for the last word this morning we turn to lesli redmond, found every of the group complaint, don't activate. she offers perspective on what should happen now. >> this is not just for black people, right. i always tell people we are the human race. i'm encouraging everyone to get activated. recognizing that justice in this case does not only look like chauvin being convicted, but it looks like black people's human dignity being respected and our humanity being valued. so i'm urging each and every person to do what they can do. recognizing that none of us can do everything, but everyone can do something. so whether it's calling up your councilmember or your mayor or your senator, whether it's going to a local school board meeting and making sure people are being educated about black history, because that is american history. no matter what it is, going to a

protest, speaking out against in justice when you hear it, condemning and hoping to dismantle white supremacy in whatever way you can, whether you're a mom or a dad, an artist, an entrepreneur, we can all do something. >> so well put. as candice parker said, we should not be bystanders to justice, right. this is not something that is a both sides issue. this is not something that we should have a hard time taking a stance on. >> let's hope these powerful conversations continue way beyond the headlines and that this is a real conversation going forward here. all right. thanks for joining us, everybody. i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. new day starts right now. good morning to viewers here this the united states and around the world. it's wednesday, april 21st. the front page of the minnesota star tribune says it all, convicted. the newspaper describing the

guilty verdict in derek chauvin's murder trial of a moment of victory in a history of injustice. overnight, spontaneous celebrations breaking out across the country. nearly one year after the murder of george floyd. >> being able to know that it's justice for african-american people, just people of color, period, in this world, this is monumental, this is historic, this is a pivotal moment in history. >> derek chauvin waking up in prison this morning the judge revoking his bail immediately after the verdict. sentencing takes place in eight weeks, the other three officers at the scene with chauvin go on trying together in august. president biden said h