again, 27 times. >> neil: thank you, mercedes. it became an iconic metaphor that many in the black community of use to say, everyone has had their neck on african-americans. >> a fox news alert, welcome to "the five," i'm dana perino along with greg gutfeld, jesse watters, juan williams and judge jeanine pirro today. it is expected to be read at any moment, former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin faces one count of second-degree murder, one count of third-degree murder, and one count of second degree manslaughter. we are going to take you to the hour, let's go live outside the courthouse in minneapolis. hi, matt. >> hi, dana, jury selection in this trial began back in early march, the trial lasted 14 days so really a month and a half in

the making and we are now in what are probably the final moments before we hear this verdict, the jury is made up of seven women, five men, a mix of white and black and two who identify as multiracial. their ages span between 20 and 60. in the final moments yesterday, both the prosecution and defense made their final pitches to the jury, the prosecution argued that derek chauvin made an ego-driven decision that he had behind the power of the badge, he did not comply with the onlooker's request to get off, the prosecution also argued to the jury that derek chauvin broke policy not only by remaining on george floyd's body for nine and a half minutes but also not administering aid to george floyd, that he was required to give help to george floyd as a police officer. the defense arguing the entire time that derek chauvin was abiding by his training, that he was instructed to put the knee at the base of the neck in an effort to contain george floyd who was resisting arrest, the

defense also asking the jury to take into consideration the other country beating factors, george floyd's drug use, heart disease and that intense struggle with police. right now outside the courtroom there is a large growing crowd, where i am at right now is relatively quiet, we saw a reverend jesse jackson enter and leave the courthouse a short while ago, choppers hovering over, you can probably see some of the security outside of the courthouse, the national guard, the razor wire, we have noticed the national guard presence expanding across the city, they are now in retail areas, high foot traffic areas, not just outside this courthouse, dana. >> dana: who would be back to you and mike tobin, mike tobin you are there with us, you said you are near the courthouse. give us an update. mike, as soon as he's ready we will get right back to him. let's go to judge jeanine pirro, around 3:15 today eastern time

the word came down that the jury reached a verdict that will be right around 5:00 p.m. today and that's where we are right now. take us behind the scenes, what is happening there at the courthouse? >> judge jeanine: probably what is happening is that the judges getting the court clerk and the stenographer are ready, also making sure that the court officers are lined up recognizing that this is going to be an emotional reaction. also making sure that family members who are there, are very clear on what they can and cannot do. i can tell you also in the jury room that what is going on is that members of the jury having made a decision and such, i think it's a very quick amount of time, especially for a case like this, they have become very close. they are connecting with each other, they are sharing addresses and telephone numbers, they have gone through an extremely emotional situation. this is, and you will find some

may even be in tears when the verdict is being read but right now the judge, and the law clerk trying to make sure that the verdicts are consistent, make no mistake, the parties involved know what the verdict is. and the judge is simply making sure that everything is safe and protected in that courtroom. >> dana: can i ask you one other thing, judge, the scenario will be that the jury is brought back into the courtroom, obviously derek chauvin, the defendant will be there and is it much ceremony or is it just, give me the verdict, i will read the verdict and that's it? >> judge jeanine: what happens is the judge will ask the foreman of the jury, has the jury reached a verdict? at that point the foreperson will stand up and say "we have" and say on count one, count two, count three. and what will happen is the defense or the judge on his or her own can say, i'd like the

jury polled. so each member of the jury must state that that verdict that is announced by the foreperson is consistent with the verdict they made and that deliberation room. so everyone is going through and assuming that there are three counts that were voted in the courtroom. >> dana: the courtroom is now in session, let's go back to that, thank you. >> please be seated. members of the jury, i understand you have a verdict.

members of the jury, i will now read the verdicts as they will appear in the permanent record of the fourth judicial dress district pay the state of minnesota, county of hennepin district court fourth judicial district, state of minnesota plaintiff versus derek michael chauvin, defendant. verdict count one, court file number 27 cr 201-2646. we, the jury, in the above entitled manner as to count one, unintentional second-degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty. this verdict agreed to the 20th day of april 2021 at 1:44:00 p.m. signed jury foreperson, number 19. same caption, verdict count two, we, the jury, in the above entitled matter in count two, third-degree murder perpetrating an evidently dangerous act find the defendant guilty. this verdict agreed to this 20th day of april 2021 at 1: 45:00 p.m., signed by the jury foreperson, juror number 19.

same caption, verdict count three. we, the jury, in the above entitled matter to count three, second degree manslaughter, culpable negligence, creating an unreasonable risk find the defendant guilty. this verdict agreed to this 20th day of april 2021 at 1:45 p.m. jury foreperson 019. members of the jury, i am now going to ask you individually if these are your true and correct verdicts, please respond yes or no. juror number two, are these are true and correct verdicts? >> yes. >> juror number nine, are these are true and correct verdict? >> yes. >> juror number 19, are these are true and correct verdict? >> yes. to go juror number 27, are these are true and correct verdict? >> yes. >> juror number 44, are these your true and correct verdict? >> yes. >> juror number 52, are these your true and correct verdicts? >> yes. >> juror number 55, are these are true and correct verdicts? >> yes. >> juror number 79, are these are true and correct verdict? >> yes.

>> juror number 85, are these are true and correct verdict space bar >> yes. >> juror number 89, are these your true and correct verdicts? >> yes. >> juror number 91, are these are true and correct verdicts why >> yes. >> juror number 92, are these are true and correct verdicts? >> yes. >> i these your verdict, so say you won, so say you all. numbers of the jury, i find that the verdicts as red 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 not only jury service but heavy duty jury service. what i'm going to ask you to do now is to follow the deputy back into your usual room and i will join you in a few minutes to answer your questions. and to advise you further. all rise for the jury.

all right, be seated. with the guilty verdict returned, we are going to have, you may file a written argument as to blakely factors within one week. the court will issue findings on blakely factors, the factual findings one week after that. psi immediately returnable in four weeks and we will also have a briefing after you get the psi, six weeks from now and then eight weeks from now we will have sentencing. we will get you the exact dates in a scheduling order. is there a motion on behalf of the state? >> we move to have the court revoke the defendant's bail and remain him in custody pending sentencing. >> bail is revoked and the defendant is remanded into the custody of the hennepin county sheriff. anything further?

thank you. we are adjourned. >> dana: there you have it, guilty on all charges, derek chauvin now remanded into the custody of the sheriff there in hennepin county, you are seeing some visible reaction from people that were there to observe, getting the news and reacting to that. very little visible reaction from derek chauvin or his attorney. it's difficult with the masks to tell for sure. but this is the verdict after 45 witnesses in three weeks of testimony, the judge thanking the jury for not just their service but heavy duty service as he put it.

next what happens is the jury goes back into the deliberation room where the judge will meet them to answer questions and then they are free to go. derek chauvin is not. now he is in custody. going back to judge puro who is giving us a little bit of the behind-the-scenes and right around, 5:02 they read the verdict, guilty on all counts. can i get your reaction to that? >> judge jeanine: clearly the verdict is supported by the facts, this case was extremely unusual. i've tried many murder cases, and it is rare that you even get a picture of the victim in a murder case. maybe an autopsy photo, and here we have living, breathing person that the jury was able to relate to every day day after day. watching the trauma of what he went through, begging for air, begging to breathe.

this one, when i say that, it make no mistake, the facts are solid on this verdict, this verdict will be held on appeal but right now what people need to understand is that the american justice system works. it works, people believe in lady justice and you can give it a chance, it can work. for all those people who want to burn down streets, just let the court do its job and it will, it will survive. >> dana: more reaction from the panel in a moment, i do want to point out that the family of george floyd is expected to have a press conference at 5:30:00 p.m. eastern and we will bring that to you live. i want to go back to mike tobin who is there near the courthouse, they heard that the verdict was guilty on all counts. >> the sound that went from this crowd that gathered in the south side of the courthouse, sounded a lot like a crowd when a sports

team just wins a championship. as far as talking to people here in the crowd, one said happy as h-e-double-l. so that's what's going on i will tell you here with the crowd outside of the courthouse. that being said, with the crowd that's here, look at size of this crowd. don't be deceived entirely, the numbers are supplemented dramatically by the number of cameras that are here. the media from all over the world is here to watch the reaction of this trial. as far as the reaction, we did see a big section of this crowd peel off and head to the streets, those appearances that they are still going to march today, marching with the different motivations. we see very little of what we've come to know with the antifa crowd, the black hood and the backpacks, a little bit of the

respirators that are supposed to ward off good to teargas. some of those signs that this will look like those makeshift shields, they wanted to hear the verdict and react, you're the crowd that is satisfied with the verdict, some of them didn't think they were going to get that. they thought at best they were going to get 2 out of 3. a guilty verdict, a very happy crowd and so far i want to hear from random members of the crowd. back to you. >> dana: juan williams, let's start with you for reaction as you cover the story, guilty on all three counts. >> juan: dana, it's very emotional for me because i see the justice system picking up on what judge jeanine just said as having delivered in a very clear cut case, you think about people, it took the jury ten and

a half hours of deliberation, it's not a long time. they key number, maybe the 9 minutes and 26 seconds of video that they were shown, that was very clear and the idea that, you know, anything about inhaling carbon monoxide, he had drugs in his system where he was using a counterfeit bill, all of these arguments that have been put forward i think drained away because the jury had no questions for the court, and of course in their deliberation so i think the fact that they saw that video with their own eyes, this is what the prosecutors asked them to do, look, believe your own eyes, see this man arrive asking to breathe, to my mind that would have been so

upsetting, it would've been a kick in the stomach, that's why say it would have been emotional, the most extreme situation where everybody can see what happened. the jury would've said, let's put the verdict or he's a policeman and we want to give policeman in our country the benefit of the doubt so we will give him the benefit of the doubt. i think it would've been a kick in the stomach, that would've said police then right have thee the right to do any thing to anyone, especially black people, what we are seeing today i think is really a change and i hope it's the beginning of a big change in the way that we think about handling crime, handling people, not making judgments based on skin colors and not treating people as citizens. >> dana: jesse watters, thoughts from you now? >> jesse: chauvin knew he was

toast if you just looked into his eyes as the verdict was read, can see them darting around, even his body language indicated afterwards as he was let out of there and cuffs. i knew i was going to get convicted and here we go and he just kind of soldier it off and walked away. yesterday as we covered it, there was a moment where he was given a choice if he wanted the judge or the jury to determine aggravating factors and without hesitation he said "no, i will let the judge decide," he read the room, he's looking into the eyes of the jury for the last month and a half and he knew he was toast. i understand that, that's what he wanted to plead guilty for murder three at the outset, i don't believe he intended to kill george floyd but that is not what the statute says, the statute said, murder two and three could have been unintentional, whether than he was a substantial contributive factor to the death and the

defense team did not do a good enough job in muddying the waters, he did not have a dream team, this was not johnnie cochran, this was a qualified defense attorney that was basically there for any officer in that union who was facing something like this. he didn't do a bad job, didn't do an excellent job but as the judge said, you see a video like that and they play that on loop for a month and a half, and you can see the moment the life believes this guy's face? no. if you are a police officer and this guy is freaking out, he's deranged and ingesting narcotics, he's having a medical episode, he won't be put into the police vehicle, that's not necessarily hostility. he's not throwing punches, he's not kicking you in the face, he's just freaking out so you call the emts, the guys on the ground, handcuffed, you don't need the knee in the neck for that, you don't need the neck at all, you can stand there with

your toe on his back and just wait for the ambulance to come, it was totally unnecessary and anybody who sees it knows that, this was not split down racial lines, this is not where police in this country are siding with chauvin, a large majority of the country knew and you can see this coming a mile away and to be honest with you i am glad it was all three, we can put this behind him, at this point appeal, i don't see it coming but i just hope that people in the sense of exhilaration on the streets, you know, sometimes the championship, the team wins a championship, you still light things on fire, you still riot, let's not have that, let's, i hope calm heads prevail throughout the country and we can turn this page in america. >> dana: greg gutfeld now. >> greg: i know everybody mentioned the video so i won't, i actually think what affected

this trial as much as the video was the key witness, dr. martin tobin. because one of the variables, you had to figure out what actually killed the victim and i always had heard that he had a lot of drugs in his system and when, the most important question to me in this case was what caused floyd's death and the prosecution maintained that it was a stick cr, deprivation of oxygen, and i guess his name was martin tobin, said there was no evidence of an overdose and it was a huge deal because that how did he die? and i thought that was probably the most powerful, i think the most powerful testimony that i saw and of course, a key witness for the defense, david fowler who absolutely admitted that floyd should have been given medical attention. that's the key, when your key defense witness is siding with the prosecution you are in trouble. i will say, overall, i was

listening to a friend of mine talk about the relief of this charge coming in, the finding coming in so quickly because it was such a polarizing case dividing the nation and i was thinking, no it didn't. this didn't divide the nation at all, there was no division. anybody who saw the video was disgusted by it, right? i can't think of anybody that said hey, that was okay. you know? we've all talked about it, we said the same thing over and over again, there was this myth going around of a disagreement, i guess so the media could play to the narrative that a miraclea is full of racist rubes to make their viewers feel superior but this wasn't a divisive case, and i think it's a contrast between the reality of americans who were experiencing this all at

once and then manufacture an environment of the people who create the news which is that this reflects a racist country, it reflects racial division, it means the cops are all racist, it's not a bug in the system, is the system itself, that was what was creating the perception of division, everybody agrees that the case was disgusting and ugly, another story being played a lot, i'm glad that he was found guilty on all charges, even if he might not be guilty of all charges, i am glad that he is guilty of all charges because i want a verdict that keeps this country from going up in flames. >> juan: oh, my goodness. >> judge jeanine: now. look, greg. >> greg: i'm at least being honest. my neighborhood was alluded. i don't ever want to go through that again. >> judge jeanine: we do not sacrifice individuals for the

sake of how people feel. >> greg: i'm glad about the verdict. >> judge jeanine: the bottom line is that courtroom is a place where the evidence is brought in, it is pristine in terms of the way it's handled, everything outside of the courtroom does not enter it. >> greg: wait a second, did you hear what mike tobin said when he was interviewing people and they said hey, we are not going to loot tonight, we are going to celebrate. we are dealing with an extortion that if this didn't go a certain way, i'm speaking the truth, if it didn't go a certain way there was going to be destruction. we know that. why pretend otherwise? on. >> dana: let me bring in former federal prosecutor in fox news contributor trey gowdy. as you watch this as a former prosecutor, it's very interesting especially when it comes to video evidence and your reflections on all of it, now,

trey, thanks. >> yeah, i mean i had about 50 homicide trials when i was a state prosecutor, mixed emotions right now, you are probably back in the room meeting george floyd's family, there are a lot of tears because no matter how triumphant the verdict was your loved one is still dead. i think it's a celebration of our justice system, the only institution, dana, i can think of in our culture that anyone has any respect for. we don't respect the media, we don't respect the legislative process, some of us have lost respect for religion, so the justice system, and if you need to take a step back and say okay, what is the justice system, its 12 ordinary americans who do the right thing, that should be celebrated, a judge, the reason i don't like politics is because there is no judge in politics, you've a judge in the courtroom. even a bad judge, this one was good but even a bad judge is better than no judge.

you have 12 americans, from all walks of life come together in pursuit of justice and the right thing and even applying the facts of the law and i think it's something to celebrate dese the tragedy that it because team at cost the life of george floyd. >> dana: i want to get to lawrence jones now, we as a channel turned you over and over again since this all happened, you started your career in criminal justice, that's where your passion is so let's get your thoughts now. speak of the first time there's been a national case like this where i haven't been in the city with the people covering it and you know, it's interesting because it is a moment where because you have the thin blue line, police department's all over the country said this was not us.

people all over the country that this is not america, this is not what america is about. and a jury of his peers, a diverse of jury who typically gives the benefit of the doubt to police officers said no, no, boy, this is not us either. so it was a moment to say as other panelists have said that this is the american way. but after all of this is said and done, americans are left with the thought, what we do now? we go back to work, we treat our fellow men and women as human beings, go out there and be like chauvin and we know the majority of us aren't like that because that day when it was going down, american citizens that witness to this as the prosecution alluded to still called the police because they

are noble, they do in large do the right thing even though there's many of us, including me, i talked about my personal experience with bad apples, the majority of them do their job, it sent out a clear message to those 2%, 3% that are bad apples, the american way, you can't get away, you might as well turn in your badge and gun now because this is not how we do business here. >> dana: lawrence, thank you. martha, you are there on opening day of this trial in one of the witnesses i remember was the emt, the firefighting service, she said, i am an emt, let me get involved, she said that derek chauvin pushed her back. people try to do the right thing in the middle of all that.

>> it was a microcosm that was tragic and displayed a lot about the worst and best of human nature, she said she was still tormented by the fact that she didn't save his life. i want to talk about this courtroom and judge cahill, he chose to televise this trial. what is proven today is that even somebody like derek chauvin who had nobody sticking up for him and was so difficult to watch as he ground his knee into this man's neck gets a trial, he has due process, he has the opportunity to have an attorney on his side who speaks on his behalf. that attorney did a darn good job, he tried as hard as he could to create any environment where one of those jurors may have found a window to say maybe

that's not the reason that he succumbed to the pressure on his neck. derek show venice got the best of what the united states justice system provides. in this, i hope what happened today, this guilty verdict is a message that is loud and clear across the country, this isn't to say that every single time the country gets it right or the jury gets it right or the judicial system gets it right, we've all seen cases, even very famous cases but in most cases this is what we see. and i hope that, you know, i think about chelsea handler who tweeted "so pathetic that there is a trial to prove that derek chauvin killed george floyd when there is video of him doing this." i hope chelsea handler, if you ever find yourself in a situation that you get due process, that even derek chauvin, who people

despise, got in this country in the united states of america. we can never go to a place where we say skip the trial, we saw the video and that is what everyone in this country should feel very good about today. we saw 12 americans who sat there and did very tough duty to this trial and no doubt they were scared. >> anything so far that hasn't been said yet? >> thank you for having me, dana, i want to take you back to what martha said, she made a good point about due process, all we have to do is look a few miles away from the courthouse and there was a brooklyn center mayor who denied due process to the city manager since the day because he wanted to make sure due process is applicable. and i agree with what tracy said, what makes our country great is the legal system, and

for all of those naysayers, for all of those who want chaos, they can't get it now because the system works, derek chauvin got his day in court, george floyd and family got justice, the criminal justice system worked, they key here is the next 24 hours, this nation respects the verdict and there is no looting and there's no writing. >> if you get called to jury service, that is something honorable to do. andy mccarthy, i am also curious eight weeks from now you will get the sentencing of derek chauvin. >> look, he's going to get a severe sentence, i visited prosecutors are pushing for it, the rapidity of the jury's verdict is kind of a testament to, if you think the case based

only on the evidence in court is testament to how really agree just the conduct was. the one thing i say about this, dana, i'm all for due process, that seems to be on the tip of everyone's tongue, it was only about, i think it was less than 24 hours ago, we were saying that was a significant question about whether this guy got a fair trial or not and all the prejudicial publicity coupled with the very inflammatory rhetoric that came out over the weekend from congresswoman waters, piled on by president biden today, not in an insightful way but still, very strange that he be making comments about the case and all i will say about it is this. the best way to show that the jury was not bamboozled into convicting, that they convicted based on the evidence i heard in

court rather than all of the intimidation and the atmosphere would have been, maybe they acquitted on account, they certainly made a discriminating appraisal of the evidence and tuned out all the noise, and clearly decided the case on what they were supposed to decide the case on, the best way that the 11 had to show that he might not have gone due process would have been a quick verdict with no notes where they just convicted on everything and that's what happened. do i think the conviction is going to be reversed on appeal? no. i think likely the appellate court is going to say, the evidence here was compelling, and even effects of why things shouldn't have happened they don't think it would've made a difference, let's remember, less than a day ago we were talking

about how awful it was that this publicity was out there and how terrible it would be if the jury were overwhelmed by it and what he would have needed to show that the jury was overwhelmed by it has happened. >> dana: indeed. we will go back to mike tobin now, on the ground, videos of the crowd gathering, given the sense of what you are seeing there. >> what you're looking at actually, is the beginning of a larger gathering, behind the banner, they are still going to march around town although you have most people happy with the outcome. very happy with the outcome again, that being said, when i start telling you about the reactions, it was always going to be a mixed bag. i talked to a group of people who called the verdict a stepping stone, they were happy with it but they explain you have so many other people who died, likely who died at the hands of police and it is not enough.

what they didn't see out of this verdict was any kind of policies that are changing. of course you know, the george floyd justice and policing act that passed in the house and hasn't been to the senate, that's not the kind of thing that can get communicated at a time like this, everyone is talking about the verdict video some people who are dissatisfied i guess with the state of affairs in the united states. they are still going to march, not necessarily a margin of dissatisfaction, there's the speakers going, the speakers are going. "who one? we won." >> dana: indeed, mike tobin, thank you, we are expecting the family of george floyd to have a press conference any moment now. in the meantime, ted williams who is on the phone, i believe you are on your way there to minneapolis, ted, let's get your thoughts on what has transpired. we have derek chauvin found guilty on all counts. >> i've got to tell you, it's

jubilation down here in minneapolis and the tension that was in the air, i want you all to think about something, 9 minutes, 29 seconds, america unfortunately should not of had this chance and opportunity to see man die before their eyes. and as a result of that, a police officer was charged and there is as they it to find a thin blue line. they did not believe you be able to convict this police officer in minneapolis as a result of the thin blue line, honorable police officers, police officers who served every day, they got on that stand-in told the the truth, i got to tell you, i greg

is off his meds if he believes there was not evidence, that's what i'm saying. >> greg: what'd you say? excuse me, what did he say? that i am off my meds? >> let me finish. let me finish. if you do not believe that there has not been the evidence in support of these charges, i've got -- this judge as janine said, conducted a fair hearing. i am not finished, due process actually works in this case, and when you look at a police officer with his knee on a man's neck, battering, pushing down on that man's neck, that man is

calling for his mother, calling up for the community, calling out, saying he couldn't breathe and the police officer didn't have enough in him to take his -- >> dana: ted, if i can interrupt i believe the attorney general of the united states is speaking, i don't have eyes on him. >> pursued one goal, justice. we pursue justice, when i became the lead prosecutor for the case, i ask for time and patience to review the facts, gather evidence, and prosecute for the murder of george floyd to the fullest extent the law allowed. i want to thank the community for giving us that time and allowing us to do our work. that long, hard, painstaking work is, needed today. i will not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true

restoration. but it is accountability. which is the first step towards justice and in how 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. george floyd mattered. he was loved by his family and his friends, his death shocked the conscience of our community, our country, the whole world. 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 is no way you can turn away from that reality. the people who start bringing their voices on may 25th 2020 were a bouquet of humanity, a phrase i stole from my friend. a bouquet of humanity. all young men and women,

black-and-white, a man from the neighborhood just walking to get a drink. as a child going to buy a snack with her cousin. an off-duty firefighter on her way to a community garden, brave young women, teenagers who press record on their cell phones. 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 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 are experts in the use of force, they knew it was wrong and they were right.

these community members, this bouquet of humanity did it 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' 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. and we owe our gratitude to fulfilling, we owe them our gratitude for fulfilling their civic duty and for their courage in telling the truth. to countless people in minnesota and across the united states who joined 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 pay it over the last year, the family of george floyd had to relive again and again the worst day of their lives. when they lost their brother, their father, their friend. i am profoundly grateful to them for giving us the time we needed to prosecute this case, they have shown the world about grace and class and courage really look like. although a verdict alone cannot end their pain, i hope it is another step on the long path toward healing for them. there is no replacing your

beloved parry or floyd as his friends called him. but he is the one who sparked a worldwide movement and that is important. we owe our thanks to the men and women of the jury who gave many hours of their time and attention to carefully listening to the evidence, weighing the facts, rendering the verdict. they are regular people from all walks of life a lot like that bouquet of humanity on that corner on may 25th and in that courtroom. they answer the call and they served in a landmark trial. they now deserve to return to their lives. if 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 are grateful for that, we have the sole burden of proof in the case and history shows that winning cases like these can be difficult, i'm proud of every hour, every minute and every ounce of effort we put in this case and let me tell you, we spent many hours working on this case, did we not? week after week, committee meeting after committee meeting, the team never let up and we thought every day and we did it to gather. the attorney general's office together with the hennepin county attorney's office, thank you, sir, and we did it together. i am deeply grateful 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 smarter than anyone of us alone. and that worked. although the verdict has been rendered, this is not the end and in the coming weeks the court will determine sentencing and later this 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 and i just want to finish by sharing some important historical legacy if you will allow me. in 1968, the kerner commission was formed to investigate the causes of uprisings across major american cities. and a man named dr. kenneth clark, a famed african-american psychologist who along with his famed psychologist wife contributed to compelling research in the brown versus board of education case and dr. clark testified and i want

to quote you what he said. "i read that report, the one in the 1919 riot in chicago and it was as if i were reading the report on investigating the committee of the harlem hyatt in 1935, the report on investigating the harlem riot in 1943, and the report of the commission on the watch riot. i must say again in kandahar, to you, the members of this commission it's kind of "alice in wonderland" with the same movement picture, re-shown over and over again, the same analysis, the same recommendation and of the same in action, those of the words of dr. clark in 1968. here we are in 1920 -- excuse me, 2020, 2021. 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, freddie gray, sandra bland, philando castille, anton black, breonna taylor and out daunte wright and adam toledo. this has to end, we need true justice. that's not one case, it is a social transformation, to say 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 commissioner john harrington and i release the recommendations on our working group of reducing deadly force encounters a law enforcement,

what all of us and that working group 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 dying at the hands of law enforcement and their families lives ruined, we want, we don't want any more law enforcement members having to face criminal charges and their family lives around. we don't want anymore communities torn apart. one way to prevent this is to get into a new relationship where we as a society are re-examining the use of force and our old assumptions. i'm so proud of chief arradondo of the minneapolis police officers who buy their testimony said enough is enough. and another way to prevent it is by acknowledging and lifting of

everyone, helping communities heal and officers be well. another way to prevent it is with accountability, passing laws and 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, finally this verdict demands us to never give up the hope that we can make enduring change. generations of people said slavery would never end, generations said jim crow would never end, generations said women would never be equal to men, generations of said if you are different in any way you could never be an equal member of our society, today we have two and this travesty of recurring, enduring deaths at the hands of law enforcement. those beliefs are things we have to focus our attention on. and as i now do close i just

want to say to you, the work of our generation is to put on uncountable law enforcement behind us, it's time to transform the relationship between community and the people who are sworn to protect them, from one that is mistrustful suspicions and in some cases terrifying and to one that is empathetic, compassionate and affirming. that will benefit everyone, including the police officers who deserve to serve in a profession that is honored and apartments 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 the 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 anymore and to put this all behind us. one conviction, even one like this one that creates, even one like this one can create powerful opening to shed all practices and reset relationships. so with that i just want to say that i do hope that people step forward and understand it, nobody can do everything that everybody can do something, you could do something the way everyday people like donald williams and genevieve hanson and christopher martin, all those teenagers and young people stepped up and did something. you can do things like help pass the george floyd justice and accountability act. it's in your hands, let's get the work done and now i'd like to invite my friend and partner injustice michael freeman, hennepin county attorney.

>> thank you, mr. attorney general. first, i want once again to extend my heartfelt sympathies to the families of george floyd, i hope today's verdict provides some measure of closure to them. what a tremendous job attorney general keith ellison did in recruiting and organizing a talented group of prosecutors and supporting staff, great job. mack frank, jerry blackwell, aaron eldridge were exceptional. their use of experts evidence and witnesses left the jury no alternative but to find mr. chauvin guilty. we end the people of minnesota should rightly be proud of these four and your entire sample of volunteers that assist the attorney general's end of the job they did over the last seven weeks. i am also proud, from the moment

that the hennepin county attorney's office charged derek chauvin with murder and manslaughter for days after george floyd's murder, our team worked long hours, side-by-side with the attorney general steam. managing attorney did legal analysis and writing, assistant hennepin county attorney joshua larson did witness prep and strategy development, and vern nona boswell has been in direct contact for nearly a year now with the family of george floyd. victim and witness advocates manage all the witnesses, civilian and professional. my two deputies supplied strategic advice and coordination to this talented team 24/7. these guilty verdicts cannot be the end of the conversation about officer killings of

civilians. we need to prevent these killings in the first place, the minnesota legislature as it moves into the final three weeks of the session must pass a number of bills that will make policing fairer and safer for all but especially for black men and women at other people of color. i have been lobbying legislators to pass these critical bills. if they fail, it will be time once again to have a statewide task force to hold hearings and come up with model legislation intending to put an end to these depths. i am prepared to be a part of part of that fight. again, great job >> and that wht you like to ask the trial lawyers some serious thoughts but before i do that, i would like to myself take a number of people. and i will just start by, why

don't we just have the trial lawyers come forward and then we will think our whole team. >> thank you attorney general ellison. and when i say thank you to attorney general ellison, i want to thank you for calling me and calling me back to public service. it was just something that i was able to do as a federal prosecutor, has estate prosecutor and estate dominic state attorney for the united states army. i thought those days were behind me but i received a call and it was from keith ellison and he gave me the opportunity to step back into public service. something that is so important to me. something that i cherish. i would just encourage anyone if you get a call like that as an attorney, it is a privileged

life, a noble profession and if somebody calls you and ask you for help, don't overthink it, just do it as i found in my career, you get a lot more than you give. i'm honored to have stood with the floyd family and to stand with the state of minnesota as we go through this painful process together. it has been my privilege to practice with this incredible, incredible gifted trial team. so i stand here today in gratitude and i'm thankful and i want to thank the jury for service for doing what was right and decent and correct in speaking the truth and finding the right verdict in this case. >> i'm jerry blackwell am i comments will be fairly brief. i want to first say thank you to all of the public servants here and many more that you do not

see who have the willingness, the courage, the passion, the fortitude to get into good travel. to step into the light and to shine and for that say thank you and i'm grateful for them and grateful for the opportunity that i've had to serve. no verdict can bring george floyd back to us, but this verdict gives a message to his family that he was somebody, that his life mattered. that all of our lives matter. and that is important. and i also hope that this verdict for all of the rest of the collective, all of us will help us further along the road towards humanity. thank you all. >> i can't really follow that too much, but i just want to say i'm really privilege to work with this awesome group of

dedicated, hardworking people in this endeavor, but it's also been a total privilege to get to know the floyd family and to spend time with him and get to know them because first and foremost, this is for you, george. and for your family and friends, thank you. >> so let me also thank public aaron elledge who was part of the team but is not here today but lola, thank you, lola for a wonderful job that you did, josh larson, josh, thank you so much, my friend, was lori, thank you, sorry. and i want to thank you and the next generation. and the next generation of justice seekers. i want to thank you, thank you very much. and i want to thank you vernona

boswell, you are a star. and i also want to think so many other people, but with that, we are going to close our comments right now and just say that we are prepared to pursue justice, thank you. >> dana: that was a press conference by the attorney general, keith ellison thanking the prosecution team. they made some brief comments as they worked on this very hard to get this verdict, derek chauvin found guilty of all charges. a couple of updates coming. the george floyd family is expected to speak in a and governor tim walsh is expected to give remarks as well. but vice president harris and president biden watched in the private dining room in the west wing of the white house.

they will also be giving some remarks tonight. they spoke to george floyd's brother after the verdict was read. and so those remarks will happen. we don't have a time on those yet, but i'm sure bret baier takes over for us here, you will have those details as they come in. that is it for "the five." "special report" is up next, hi, bret. >> bret: good evening and welcome to washington, i am bret baier. breaking tonight, the verdict is in. >> count 1 cr 201246. we, the jury, and above entitled count one unintentional second-degree murder with a felony find the defendant guilty, verdict count 2, the title mountain or third degree murder perpetrating an eminently dangerous act found guilty. it verdict count 3, we, the jury, in entitled manner count 32nd degree manslaughter culpable negligence with

unreasonable risk find the