. >> let me also thank aaron eldridge, part of our trial team who is not here today, lola velasquez, thank you for the wonderful job you did. josh larson, thanks so much, my friend. zuri, thank you. natasha robinson, i want to thank you and the next generation, the next generation of justice seekers. dion, thank you very much. boswell, thank you. i want to thank so many people. we are going to close our comments right now and just say we are prepared to continue to pursue justice. thank you. and get more information on >> u.s. attorney general merrick garland announced the u.s. justice department was opening a civil investigation. the new probe will be separate from an ongoing federal criminal investigation into the death of george floyd. be will be separate from an ongoing criminal investigation into the death of mr. floyd. attorney general garland: good morning. like so many of you i closely watched the event in minnesota. although the state's prosecution was successful, i know that nothing can fill the void that the loved ones of george floyd have felt since his death. my heart go

just a procedural break here well the judge considers something but we have been listening to aaron eldridge one of the prosecutors who has been cross-examining that witness the witness of course is stephen i do beg your pardon here. our witness. is officer cretin's robbie scott creates and is the 1st witness that has been called for the defense in this trial the prosecution has no rested their case and that. very defense started with the body cam footage from the previous arrests that officer creates in was involved in we're now hearing those procedural arguments as soon as we can bring you more on that trial we will but this is of course the 12th day of proceedings. we have the 12th day of proceedings here while they do the procedural elements let's see if we can bring in our correspondent who's covering that case for as john hendren there is joining us from minneapolis. joe and you've been listening to this trial will just say no you know what we're going to head back into the courtroom while this questioning continues let's hear from aaron eldridge one of the prosecutor and he stood next

. >> let me also thank aaron eldridge, part of our trial team who is not here today, lola velasquez, thank you for the wonderful job you did. josh larson, thanks so much, my friend. zuri, thank you. natasha robinson, i want to thank you and the next generation, the next generation of justice seekers. dion, thank you very much. finona boswell, thank you. i want to thank so many people. we are going to close our comments right now and just say we are prepared to continue to pursue justice. thank you. >> minnesota governor tim walz and st. paul mayor melvin carter also reacted to the not guilty verdict in the derek chauvin trial.

. >> let me also thank aaron eldridge, part of our trial team who is not here today, lola velasquez, thank you for the wonderful job you did. josh larson, thanks so much, my friend. zuri, thank you. natasha robinson, i want to thank you and the next generation, the next generation of justice seekers. dion, thank you very much. boswell, thank you. i want to thank so many people. we are going to close our

so let me also think very publicly aaron eldridge who was part of our trial team was not here today but was indispensable lolo. alaska's absolute thank you lola for a wonderful job that you did josh larson. thanks so much my friend. thank you so very. and. want to thank you and your the next generation the next generation of justice seekers dionne di i don't want to thank you where you thank you very much and i want to thank you were known about as well you are a story. and i also want to thank so many other people but for that with that we're going to close our comments right now and just say that we are prepared to continue to pursue justice thank you. but. that was keith ellison attorney general of minnesota and we also heard from various members of the prosecution team including gerry blackwell who gave the final hole yesterday for the final statement of the prosecution when he told the jury believe your eyes when it comes to trying to reach a verdict and the jury has of course reached a verdict guilty on all sweet charges of 2nd degree murder 3rd degree murder and this 2nd degree m

testified that floyd took opioid pills when he was arrested in a separate 2019 encounter prosecutor aaron eldridge fired back mr dr denbigh you're interacting with cracked. no thank you for. the floyd family calls the attacks on him character assassination of a dead man police solve the food killing us and we have been murdered at a rate that out nobody could imagine if the time put say and that time is now maybe apple you are ok sweep this under the rug anymore. we're here and we will fight but just as put is family hoping to link the 2 arrests the defense then showed police body camera footage from the fateful day of may 25th want to hill was in the car with floyd when police 1st arrived is bad we have a side please please don't. shoot don't shoot much of day 12 were spent on the defense's star witness of the day a police expert who said that only one george floyd's neck for 9 and a half minutes there and show did absolutely nothing wrong. in your opinion was this the use of deadly force and what not. i felt to show his interactions with mr floyd were following his training. following current pr

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>> let me also thank aaron eldridge, part of our trial team who is not here today, lola velasquez, thank you for the wonderful job you did. josh larson, thanks so much, my friend. zuri, thank you. natasha robinson, i want to thank you and the next generation, the next generation of justice seekers. dion, thank you very much. boswell, thank you. i want to thank so many people. we are going to close our comments right now and just say we are prepared to continue to pursue justice. thank you. derek chauvin. >> say his name. >> george floyd. >> say his name. >> george floyd. >> say his name. >> george floyd. reverend sharpton: before we say anything, we are going to have a prayer. when we first came to minneapolis and went to the site when ben crump called, we remember that he said "i can't breathe" 11 times. the family came, and this family has stood together for the last 11 months, watching this video go over and over again. this family stood with pain, suffering and not knowing what the future held because so many families went and got nothing. they thanked god when they got the indictmen

testified that floyd took opioid pills when he was arrested in a separate 2019 encounter prosecutor aaron eldridge fired back mr flamed and dropped dead by your traffic act. no thank you for. the floyd family calls the attacks on him character assassination of a dead man police solve the killing us and we have been murdered at a rate that out nobody could imagine if the time but say and that time is now media you are ok sweep this under the rug anymore. and we will fight but just as put is family hoping to link the 2 arrests the defense then showed police body camera footage from the fateful day of may 25th one day hill was in the car with floyd when police 1st arrived. much of day 12 were spent on the defense's star witness of the day a police expert who said that george floyd's neck for 9 and a half minutes did absolutely nothing wrong in your opinion was this the use of deadly force and was not. interaction with mr floyd or following his trade. following current practices in policing and were objectively reasonable prosecutor steve slicer pushed back noting children held floyd down long after h

want each of you to talk about this case, the prosecutors, paul, jerry blackwell, matthew frank, aaron eldridge, won a very rare victory here on behalf of the floyd family, your thoughts on this prosecution and the outcome? >> 45 witnesses, three weeks of testimony, a victory decades, centuries in the make. it was the state versus derek chauvin, the police and legal system were not on trial but because black people have been denied due process and equal protection of law for so long, trials can actually serve as a rough measure of progress. joy, i think given the evidence presented by the prosecution, if there had not been a conviction, there would be legitimate questions about when a police officer could ever be brought to justice for killing a black man. but fewer than ten officers have been convicted of murder in the last 15 years. if this is the beginning of holding police officers accountable, it's long past time. but it's still a really good day for equal justice under the law. >> i think that's a really good point because the other thing that seemed to be on trial was the kind of defense

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 c

. >> so let me also thank very publically aaron eldridge who was part of our trial time. lola, thank you for a wonderful job that you did. josh larson. zuri balmicka. and natasha robinson, i want to thank you and the next generation and the next generation of justice seekers. dion dodd, thank you very much. and i want to thank you vernona boswell. you are a star. i also want to thank so many other people, but with that we're going to close our comments right now and just say that we're prepared to continue to pursue justice. thank you. >> the attorney general of the state of minnesota, the former democratic member of congress, keith ellison, a big day for the prosecution team as you heard from the hennepin county attorney. and as we heard over and over again, the privilege of serving the family of george floyd, how much george floyd mattered. and it really matters that the floyd family throughout, family and friends have maintained such a dignified and strong presence. indeed, before we go any further, i want to show you a piece of video. our correspondent shaquille brews