and good evening. we begin, tonight, with a picture that, to many, will look like justice. former-minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin's booking photo, released today. wearing prison orange, not police blue. he is being held separated for his own safety, from the general population at a maximum-security facility, where he awaits sentencing. yet, for all that photo represents, it's neither the final word in his story, nor, certainly, in the larger one. there will be sentencing, in june, for him. the trial with three other officers, in august. and now, this. >> today, i am announcing that the justice department has opened a civil investigation, to determine whether the minneapolis-police department engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing. most of our nation's law-enforcement officers do their difficult jobs, honorably

and lawfully. i, strongly, believe that good officers do not want to work in systems that allow bad practices. >> well, that so-called pattern and practice investigation will look at some of the same statistics that we review today. a cnn analysis, showing that police in minneapolis use force against black people at a highly disproportionate rate. in addition to everything connected to the george floyd killing, there is the investigation into the fatal shooting of daunte wright, just outside the city. his funeral is tomorrow. right now, tension is rising in the wake of the fatal-police shooting in columbus, ohio, the teenaged girl. it happened within minutes of the chauvin verdict. and we should be clear, up front, every incident is unique, and not every use of deadly force, by police, is as clear cut or as clearly wrong as it was in the murder of george floyd. that said, whatever the final determination on it is, it is clearly a family tragedy. and is, for the moment, being drawn into the larger suite of events. that suite includes negotiations

under way over federal reform for police legislation. state legislatures passing laws cracking down on protestors. and one state, even on those who hit them. just ahead, we will speak with filmmaker spike lee in what dr. king called a long arc of the moral universe. right now, in her first interview since derek chauvin was convicted, george floyd's sister, bridget. bridget, thank you for being with us. it has been a little more than 24 hours, now, since the verdict was read. how are you? how are your family doing? >> thank you for having me. i'm holding up, a little better than i was. a little peace, and just a little bit of joy. we have -- we have a guilty verdict. but but thought that's in the back of my mind is, really, how

much time will they give this officer? >> your -- you're concerned about that, obviously. prosecutors have asked for aggravated -- or have argued that there are -- are aggravating circumstances. which would add more time to the mandatory, or even the minimum, sentence that chauvin could -- could receive by -- by the verdict. you -- you -- for you, what would justice be? >> justice would be for derek to get the max sentence of each charge. that's justice, for me. >> you know, as -- as you and your family know, better than anyone, guilty verdicts against police officers are very rare. did you, yesterday morning, think that he would be found guilty, on all -- all-three counts? >> you know, i -- i believe in

the man above, very, very strongly. and i gave it to him. and i tried to let it go. the reason why i say -- it's because i still worried, a little bit, about what would happen. because this is very, very rare. this has not happened, in a long time, or close to not at all. and so, i was just on the edge of my seat, yesterday. >> do you believe this is a -- the beginning of further change, in this country? >> yes, i do believe that my brother has made an impact on the world, going forward. yes. >> and there are a lot of

families, who have experienced this kind of grief, tragically. who will experience it, in the future, no matter what happens in -- in the days and the months and the years, ahead. you know, sometimes, people talk about closure. and i always think that's a word that kind of is just made, like, a tv word. it doesn't really, for somebody who's lost somebody, that pain never goes away. it never closes up. it may -- the scar may, you know, scar over. a wound may scar over. but it -- it never fully, fully heals. what would your message to be to -- to other people, going through or scared about their loved one meeting the fate that -- that george floyd met? >> to the families that have been through this, that are going through this, keep the faith. keep the faith, and hold on and pray. because prayer changes things. and i want to, also, let the

families know, that did not get justice for their loved one. george floyd, my brother, sacrificed his life that day. and we, not only got justice yesterday, for him, but, we got justice for all families. all families that did not get justice for their loved ones. and i mean that, from the bottom of my heart. >> bridget floyd. i -- i appreciate you -- you speaking with us. thank you. >> thank you. want to get some more perspective, legal perspective now from our cnn senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, laura coates. also, former democratic party chair, tom perez, who is significantly, for us, tonight, the former head of the civil rights division and former assistant attorney general. laura, so the case, the chauvin case, is still far from over. sentencing is in eight weeks. what do you expect the prosecution and defense to do to

prepare for that? what legal tools do they have at their disposal? >> well, the next step is those aggravating factors you spoke about, just now, anderson. the idea of really three things. the power dynamic of having it be an officer to civilian. it happened in front of children. george floyd being particularly vulnerable at the time this actually happened, as well. all of those things contribute to the prosecution asking the judge to go above, what's called, the presumptive sentence of about 12 1/2 years on that highest charge. sentencing guidelines, essentially, say, look. we have a range of possibilities. even when you have a maximum of 40 or 25 or 10 years, the judge has a lot of discretion in there. and people who do not have a criminal history or a background, which you would assume from a now-former police officer, are going to fall in the range much lower than that. but the judge can move it up. so you are going to have an interview, by somebody who will conduct kind of an investigation or an interview with derek chauvin. will have a chance to talk about whether he is remorseful. whether he has other factors that may take into consideration

for a wholistic rehabilitation, while he is in prison. and then, we are going to have the actual sentence. so we are about-eight weeks away. and mind you, within-60 days, they can also appeal. >> secretary perez, as i mentioned, you used to be head of the civil rights division at the justice department. can you walk us through what you expect this federal investigation into minneapolis policing to look like in terms of resources, timeline, its potential to, you know, actually, achieve change? >> yeah, absolutely. i participated and supervised dozens of these investigations. and i think they are really important, in changing culture. criminal prosecutions, anderson, are a necessary-but-insufficient condition of justice. in a pattern-and-practice investigation, a team of lawyers and experts, former-police chiefs, use-of-force experts, accountability experts, will come in. they will interview the -- everybody. they'll conduct a soup-to-nuts investigation of their hiring

practices. use-of-force policies. training policies. are there early-warning systems? one -- one question that jumps off the page at me is, how could derek chauvin -- he had over-two dozen uses of force. why wasn't there an early-warning system in place, to say, is there something wrong with this officer? these are the types of things that they will look at. and they will talk to the community. the community will have a seat at the table. it's a critically important seat at the table. these -- they -- they will interview over-100 different stakeholders, i guarantee you, because i did new orleans. i did seattle. did big cases and that's how you do it. they will leave no stone unturned. and then, they will produce what's called a letter of findings. which will address all of the issues they were looking at. use of force. hiring. training. accountability. and that document will be made public. and -- and the community will have an opportunity to take a look at it. and i think, at the end of the day here, what will end up taking place is you will have

what's called a consent decree. it will be an agreement, a court-enforceable agreement, that will contain the blueprint for reform. and that -- this is not gonna happen overnight. this is going to take a while. but i -- i have seen reform happen. i saw it in l.a. i prosecuted an lapd officer, anderson, pre-rodney king. that police was a cesspool, when i was involved. and because of this pattern-and-practice authority, a decade later, there were a lot of reforms undertaken that helped to improve, dramatically, the lapd. it can be done. it won't be easy. there is a lot of skepticism. >> yeah. >> but it can. >> laura, i mean, the minneapolis police chief got credit from legal observers for testifying against derek chauvin. how do you square that with attorney general garland looking into whether there may be, and i am quoting, unconstitutional or unlawful policing in the department in a systemic way? where does the buck stop, in that kind of a situation? >> well, remember, these consent

decrees and discussions are considered voluntary, and they are often negotiated. and the jurisdiction that have the investigation sort of imposed upon them really have the choice of being obstinate or cooperative. chief arradondo spoke about this, essentially, when he was testifying in other instances about the symbiotic relationships to police officers and the community. if there is no trust, it exponentially increased the difficulty of the officers' job. and, of course, the community does not feel safe. does not have an ally. has nowhere to turn. and so, there is a vested interest in these sort of amicable proceedings you are talking about. although, it's court enforced later, by a federal court. every step that's taken. the discussion, the ability to be transparent, will be on full display, in order for them to negotiate a way to have measurable change. and remember, it is an independent monitor that will actually oversee all these things. you do have both transparency and approach to accountability

and you have an independent stakeholder oversee it all. remember, derek chauvin, in this instance, they made a point in the testimony to show, this was not one of us. this was a ten-foot pole distancing of somebody not a part of, as the prosecution called, a noble profession. so, you can square both. >> anderson, i prosecuted a lot of police-misconduct cases. i never had a police chief testify in my case. so, the fact that chief arradondo testified, i thought, was a significant part of that case. and the fact that he is cooperating is -- is a good sign. and it -- it gives me hope that they can square this. and -- and move forward, in a collaborative way. >> interesting, in terms of what the federal government can, actually, you know, what sort of changes we are actually talking about. i mean, in the past, what is it? changes in the hiring practpractices, training of officers? >> it's the whole-nine yards. it is hiring practices. if you have defective-hiring practices. so, you are -- you're bringing

on the wrong people. then, you're -- you're setting it up from failure, from the outset. i mentioned early-warning systems. when we investigated the seattle-police department, we found that an overwhelming percentage of uses of force. something like 85 or 90% involved something, like, 15 or 20 officers. a very small percentage of the police department. but they weren't tracking that. so, one of the remedies, in this case, is going to be the establishment. i guarantee you, of viable, early-warning systems. if it had been in place, george floyd might be alive today. they will put in place new-accountability mechanisms. because clearly, people, officers in minneapolis, who have done wrong, have not been held accountable. and so, you need new systems of accountability. that will give the community a voice, as well. and i think, those -- these are examples of remedies that will be court enforceable. and -- and i think, really

impactful. >> you know, laura, the defense chose to -- to have the sentence decided by the judge, instead of the jury. and in -- a, why do you think that is? and do you expect to hear from derek chauvin during sentencing? >> well, yes. we will hear from him, i believe, either through the report that written about him. in response. there was answers about remorse, other factors or conditions that would help with them deciding what rehabilitative aspects are part of his actual punishment. but also, he has an opportunity to speak in court and say, as his really last-ditch effort for leniency for a judge to say, here is who i am. here is what i have done. here is how i feel about it. he could make an overture to the victim's family, as well. they may have an opportunity to make an impact statement, where they can talk about the weight of this particular crime. it will be his last chance to actually bend the ear of the judge, in a way that he wasn't -- he chose not to do, when it came to an actual trial.

this is an opportunity for him to do so. but in terms of, you know, the idea of why you do this. and why this is so impactful. and why you ask for a judge to do as opposed to a jury. listen. juries, although they were from the community. they have, oftentimes, a very skewed notion of what a heinous crime looks like. we all know we saw the horrific nature of that crime. but judges have had, unfortunately, a larger volume of cases of those sorts of horrors. not the same analogy. but they have seen a very broad spectrum. and so, because of that, they may, according to the defendant, have a different perspective, a more lenient perspective. they may have a scale, in their minds, of the most heinous crime they have seen getting the maximum. and figuring out on where, this particular case, where it falls on the scale. and so, they will look to the judge to offer that, what the jury would not give. >> laura coates, tom perez, appreciate it. thank you. coming up next. what filmmaker spike lee makes of this moment. where it fits into a history he has documented on screen. later, to ohio.

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we had a guilty verdict. but, those were the words, just a moment ago of george floyd's sister, bridget. they speak to a moment that's being held, by many, as significant in the struggle for racial justice in this country. all the same, the murder conviction of derek chauvin is also being cited as a reminder that justice, in the larger sense, is never done. it's a road filmmaker spike lee has traveled in both his cinematic and documentary work. the fact that he's never softened his gaze along the way makes his perspective especially welcome, tonight. >> spike, when you woke up, yesterday morning, did you believe it would be guilty, on all all-three counts? >> no. as you know, anderson, i'm a great-sports fan. and too many times, i've celebrated victories before the clock ran out or the ref blew the whistle. so, i was hoping for the best. but at the same time, i was not

doing an end-zone dance. >> hmm. when you heard the verdict, what went through your mind? >> i was happy, elated. happy for the floyd family. but then, like, flicking a switch, i heard that the judge was gonna be the one that handed out the sentencing. so, the jury got it right. but we don't know what this judge -- the judge is one person. not 12 people. so, that's -- people looking at that -- that decision very carefully. and then, anderson, to find out, late-last night, that a beautiful, young, black sister,

16 years old was killed, shot by the cops, in columbus, ohio. shortly before, the verdict came down. and -- and -- and -- and, anderson, i just understand how they train cops when to use the taser and when to use your glock. >> when -- when you saw derek chauvin being handcuffed. being walked out. and going to a correctional facility. that image. i mean, it -- it was a very powerful image. i'm wondering what you thought of it? >> very powerful. but i didn't see the handcuffs being put on him. i just is saw him with his hands behind his -- i mean, hands behind his body. i said, why is he doing that? then, i saw the wide shot with the police officer behind him. and then, i saw he said a little

something to his attorney. but he did not spend last night at home, that's for sure. >> you know, it -- throughout history, obviously, and -- and even recent history, black people across this country have rarely seen consequences when police have committed crimes in their community. derek chauvin, yes, was convicted. there are so many others, who came before him, who were not. when we talk about accountability and justice, what, to you, does that look like moving forward? and how optimistic are you? >> well, brother daunte was killed, recently, in minneapolis. that's the thing that got me. how could anyone, knowing that the trial is going on, in minneapolis, for brother george floyd, and you kill somebody else? i mean, you -- i mean, it should have been in their mind like

this already happened here and she acted like -- and said, i shot him and profanity. but off -- this is my understanding. you put your weapon on your, you know, whatever hand you are. and the taser, on the other side. and the taser is lighter, a different shape. it's yellow. than your glock. whatever firearm. how can you get it mixed up? >> today, the attorney general announced plans, by the justice department, to open a federal investigation into policing in minneapolis. do you have confidence that -- that something, like that, can really bring about some change? >> yes, but why just minneapolis? let's -- let's -- let's not stop there. and -- and, anderson, a lot of the great things this country has done, has been through the judicial system. '64 civil rights act.

and george. what's very important to me, is this george floyd act. you know, that the president and vice president talked about last night. so, i -- i think that it -- it -- we could -- that's how we're going to have to get -- move forward. through the courts. that's why the supreme court appointees and, you know, agent orange stacked 'em. so, all this stuff is tied in, together, i think. >> yesterday, when i heard the verdict, and in the hours after, as i was thinking about it. i kept thinking, just, back to the history of -- of -- of this country. and -- and all the people, who -- who were not videotaped. all the people, who would never have the president calling their family members. and saying, i'm sorry for -- for their loss. all those, you know, black and brown people, asian people, gay people, so many people. who have been -- who have died in silence or were murdered in -- in -- in the dark.

and disappeared. and history doesn't even record their names. and just the -- the horror of that. >> anderson, there's a reason why i chose the way this happened with you today. because my ancestors landed in jamestown, virginia, 1619. and they were lucky. the ones -- who knows how many millions didn't even make it through the middle passage. let's be honest. this -- the history of this country is full of blood of native americans, who their land was brelegated to kill off the buffalo, relegated to -- i don't even call 'em reservations. i'm gonna call them concentration camps. and slavery of the africans, that's how this country was built.

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at the top of the broadcast, we mentioned a police shooting of a black-teenaged girl in columbus, ohio. happened just before the decision in the chauvin trial. however, the questions about the use of force here are far different, as the young girl was seen threatening others with a knife. athena jones had the details, along with new body-camera video. a warning, some might consider the images difficult to watch. >> reporter: new videos released in the case of ma'khia bryant. a 16-year-old black girl in columbus, ohio, shot by police after they say she attempted to stab two people with a knife. upon receiving that chaotic-911 call, officers were dispatched to the scene.

police say they still don't know the identity of the caller. police body-cam footage shows the officer approaching a group of individuals in the driveway outside a home. >> what's going on? hey, what's going on? hey, hey, hey! get down! get down! get down! >> reporter: the video shows bryant appearing to push one person to the ground. and then, lunging at another person in pink with what appears to be a knife in her hand. the officer then fires four shots, killing bryant. franklin county children's services says bryant was a foster child in the county's care. >> she came after me. >> reporter: tonight, newly-released body-cam videos from two additional officers show the moments after the shooting, as well. officers can be seen performing life-saving measures on bryant, and ceisealing off the scene. the officer has been a member of the columbus police department since 2019. police say he's on paid-administrative leave while an independent investigation

takes place. columbus mayor, andrew ginther, said the killing was a failure of the community. >> the fact that we had a 16-year-old girl armed and involved with physical violence with other folks in that community. that's something for us to look in the mirror. and to say, what are we doing or not doing? >> find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: the shooting happened about-30 minutes before the guilty verdict was delivered for the murder of george floyd. at a time when police use of force around the nation and in columbus, specifically, is under renewed scrutiny. >> we'll be sharing more in the hours, days, weeks ahead, that doesn't compromise the investigation because it's critically important, for us, for the public to have the information that we have so that we can be transparent as possible. >> and athena jones joins us now. athena, has either the officer or the police union released a statement? >> anderson, no. we've reached out to cnn has reached out to the officer and to the police union. we haven't heard back, so far. but there is one thing i want to stress. and that is, that both the mayor and the interim-police chief

were really emphasizing transparency today. we know that the police department worked swiftly to get that first-initial police body-camera footage out, last night. interim chief, michael woods, saying that his goal is to get as much information out to the public, as possible, as quickly as possible. this was especially important, last night, because there were videos taken by bystanders that were already circulating on social media causing outrage. >> athena jones. thank you very much. appreciate it. want to get perspective now from charles ramsey who is a led police departments in washington, philadelphia, and is cnn law enforcement analyst. chief ramsey, when you look at the video. and again, it is early. but how do you view it? >> well, first of all, let me start by saying that any loss of life is tragic. there is absolutely no question about this. and this case is no different. but when i look at it, i look at it from the viewpoint of whether or not the actions of the officer were reasonable. he is responding to a scene of a

fight. he sees one young lady push another one down. can't really tell if she pushed her or cut her or what have you. but then, she goes, immediately, after the young lady in the pink. she has a knife in her hand. she actually raises it over her head, in a motion that is very, i think, obvious that her intent was to stab. the officer drew his weapon, and he fired. in my opinion, that was a reasonable use of force. >> some people might see the tape. wonder why the officer wouldn't try to use a taser or another non-lethal tactic. can you kind of walk us through, you know, the -- the split-second thinking, again? because this all happens from the moment he gets out of the vehicle. i mean, this thing just escalates, immediately. >> well, first of all, you know, a taser is a great weapon. there's -- there's no question about that. but when you've got a situation, where someone is being immediately threatened with death or great-bodily harm.

then, you know, would you go to the taser? or would you really try to stop the threat, to save the life of the individual who is being threatened? i mean, you know, you -- you don't shoot the one young lady. she stabs the other one and she dies. i mean, it's a no-win situation. this is a very tough situation. the other thing i would mention, in terms of a taser. if you know how tasers operate, and look at the distance there, from the -- where the officer's standing to where the suspect is with the -- with the knife. when you fire a taser, it has two prongs that come out. they both have to strike the subject. they both have to. otherwise, you can't get to -- the electricity will not discharge into the body, which is what actually causes the muscles to tighten up. and for the person to react to it. that's pretty-good distance that he's got there. the only thing i would say, for the officer. he took a chance, by firing the shot, in that he's so close to the -- the -- the lady in pink

there. but he had no-other alternative, in my mind. other than to take some action, because of what was going on. the young lady who was shot was, clearly, the aggressor, in this case. there's no question about that. >> seemed like a taser -- it looked like the -- the person who was shot was wearing a sweatshirt. a black sweatshirt. can that go -- >> that could have been a problem. it may or may not. it depends. in the winter time, it can be less effective than the summertime because it's got to actually strike the skin. in order for -- in order for the electricity to be conducted through the body. and so, i mean, look how fast this happened. i mean, the minute he gets on the scene. you got one young lady, who is being pushed to the ground, at the time. he didn't -- probably didn't know whether or not she was stabbed or pushed. the young lady who was shot has a knife in her hand. clearly, visible. and this is not a small-pocket knife. she pushes the other girl against the car. she actually puts herself in a

defensive position assuming she is going to get stabbed and it's when the officer fired was when the offender reared back with the knife as if she is going to come in a downward motion, which would then stab the individual. and it doesn't take long to inflict multiple stab wounds. so, it's tragic. it's unfortunate. but sometimes, you know, these things happen. and every time an auofficer use force, it doesn't mean that it's criminal or that it's inappropriate. >> it is interesting, because again, it just, to me, so many of these videos -- i shouldn't speak broadly like that. but this video is just, from the time he gets out of the vehicle, to the time the altercation is right in front of him. had he paused, and not acted, um, as you said, we don't know what would have happened. the woman in pink. the woman in pink could have been stabbed and killed. what would people be saying, then?

what would the -- the -- it's -- again, you know, these are all hypotheticals. >> it's a no win. it's a no win. because then, we'd be having a conversation as to why didn't he act? and how did he allow this one person to stab and kill the other one? and so, it's a no-win situation. it really is. but in this case, i think that the use of force, deadly force in this case, was reasonable on the part of the officer. >> yeah. well, hopefully, in the coming days, we will learn more about the incident. charles ramsey, appreciate it. we are going to continue the discussion about a race and law enforcement next. a democrat on the house judiciary committee is going to join us to talk about the fate of the police reform bill in congress. you know when your dog is itching for a treat. itching for an outing... or itching for some cuddle time. but you may not know when he's itching for help... licking for help... or rubbing for help. if your dog does these frequently.

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while congress tries to work out a police reform bill that can get 60 votes in the senate. "new york times" reports one study that says, republican lawmakers in 34 states have introduced 81 anti-protest bills in the wake of those protests. more than twice the normal level. according to "the times," legislators in oklahoma and iowa passed bills granting immunity to some drivers.

who strike and injure protestors in public streets. and florida's governor has signed into law an anti-protest bill that, among other things, turns some misdemeanors into felonies. these actions, plus rhetoric from people, like congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who's equated black lives matter with terrorism, only complicates police reform. joined now by congresswoman sheila jackson lee, who sits on the judiciary committee. congresswoman, thanks so much for joining usment yesterday's verdict clearly was seen by many americans as a step in the right direction. but what do you make of all these state-level efforts by republicans to restrict the ability of people to protest? >> anderson, thanks for having me this evening. you know, i've spent time over the years that i have been dealing with police reform, just looking at the long rollcall list of black-americans, men and women, who have suffered violence at the hands of police officers. frankly, these legislatures are engaging in distraction and smoke and mirrors. and really, it is tragic when life and lives have been lost.

we have been engaged in trying to stop the bloodshed. and certainly, we are very cognizant of police-community relationships. for us to be serious about this, anderson, we can't spend time making a mockery of the sacrifice of black lives matter. the work they have done. the young people they've brought together. the pain that they've felt. and have this kind of legislation. and yet, can't move, more quickly, the george floyd justice in policing act. which, by the way, there are many-such bills have similarly been filed in state legislatures. i wonder why those bills have not been pushed. >> you know, it's -- i mean, how does one move forward with police reform in congress, when you have members of congress, like the qanon-curious marjorie taylor greene, who called black lives matter, and i am quoting, the strongest-terrorist threat in our country, unquote. which is just, i mean, on its face, rather absurd. whose office, you know, her

office, then, you know, floated, then tried to backtrack from this idea of a so-called america-first caucus. how do you get things done? >> well, you -- you look at reality. and you look at facts. as you well know, the insurrectionists were here on january 6th. many of us still feel the pain of because of the attack on the citadel of democracy. clearly, was announced as white supremacists, domestic terrorists, provoked by then-president trump. clearly, those are facts. so, we don't deal in smoke and mirrors here, in the united states congress. certainly, any member has a right to utilize the first amendment. but right now, we have very serious work to do. and i think, members have their heads, sort of, in the idea of negotiating. and trying to come up with a non-watered-down george floyd justice in policing act. the bill that was written here, in the house, anderson, really meets the standard for all of the elements that have caused tragic loss of life.

from no-knock warrants, to choke holds, to excessive force, to the idea of what communities need. we even look to providing funding for communities to reimagine policing. at the same time, look forward to improving and ending police misconduct by training. so, comments that are pure distractions and false. we know that we've gotten great comments, as relates to the bill, from the president and vice president. we are working on it in judiciary. it's being worked on in the senate. there are negotiations that are ongoing. and we stay focused on that. i think, the point that should be made is, tomorrow, tragically, a funeral of daunte wright. this week, i met his family in minneapolis, when we were there for the closing arguments. you can't help but feel the pain of these families. and those who have unsettled -- unsettled cases, still,

languishing. tragically, they lost their child to police -- i call it -- misconduct. like tamir rice. and, of course, breonna taylor. and pamela turner. so, we're going to focus. there are some differences, in positions, with republicans and democrats, on this bill. i think that we can convince more colleagues, in this backdrop of this court decision. where americans decided that an officer, officer chauvin, deserved to be found guilty on all-three counts. that should propel members of congress to say where america is, and we should do the right thing with this legislation. >> congresswoman sheila jackson lee, i appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you for having me. coming up. a closer look at the minneapolis teenager who recorded that cellphone video of derek chauvin kneeling on the neck of george floyd, murdering him. shared online. literally, changed the course of the conversation, in this country. >> get in the car. >> i can't move.

when a teenager named darnella frazier hit record on her cell phone as george floyd

was gasping for his last breath outside cup foods little did she know her actions and impact of the video would have. it changed the conversation in this country about policing, it changed history as well. journalism at harvard ann marie lipinsky put this in a tweet. as the prosecutors congratulate each other, thinking of young darnella frazier, there is no case without her. the video record she made is one of the most important civil rights documents in a generation. randi kaye has more. first a warning. some of the video is graphic and is difficult to watch. >> i heard george floyd saying "i can't breathe. please get off of me. i can't breathe." he cried for his mom. he was in pain. >> that's the voice of darnella frazier. testifying in the murder trial of former police officer derek

chauvin. the cell phone video she took at the scene and posted online was seen by millions around the globe. the world needed to see what i was seeing she told the star tribune in minneapolis at the time. derek chauvin with his knee to george floyd's neck. darnella kept recording. george floyd pleading fo help and taking his final breath, darnella kept reporting. remarkable composure forry high school student who was just 17. yet there she stood on the corner of 38th street and chicago avenue south in her blue pants, hoodie and flip-flops. she hit record because, as she told "the star tribune," stuff like this happens in silence too many times. at the trial, darnella would not be silenced as she and her video became star witnesses. >> did you observe mr. floyd do anything that you felt was threatening to any of the police officers? >> no. >> unlike the officers she had

videotaped, this teenager knew the difference between right and wrong. >> it wasn't right. >> her video changed the narrative and torpedoed the minneapolis police department's initial and misleading statement about george floyd's death being the result of a medical incident during police interaction. >> please! please, i can't breathe. >> after derek chauvin was found guilty of murder, darnella took to facebook, overcome with emotion. i just cried so hard, she wrote, adding, george floyd, we did it. justice has been served. her bravery inspired pen america, nonprofit focused on freedom of expression, to give her an award for her courage. anita hill who took then then supreme court justice nominee clarence thomas praised her. >> your quuk thinking and bravery under intense pressure made the world safer and more just. >> i never would have imagined

out of knew whole 17 years of living that this would be me. >> the naacp in north carolina where george floyd was born released a statement, saying darnella frazier's video will go down in history, comparing it to the film which captured the assassination of president john f. kennedy. for darnella frazier, hitting the record button wasn't just for george floyd n him she saw those she loved. >> i have a black father. i have a black brother. i have black friends. and i look at that, and i look at how that could have been one of them. >> randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. >> more news ahead tonight. coming up, what president biden is saying about his goal to get 200 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine in arms in his first 100 days. lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so you can enjoy it even if you're sensitive to dairy like me.

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