potter now faces a manslaughter charge don't say wright was killed in the midst of the trial of derrick chauvet the white police officer convicted on tuesday of murdering george floyd so this funeral drew many of the same dignitaries that attended that trial and 2 days after she opens conviction floyd's family was also here joining the right family in mourning all of minneapolis is that they are going to print up brooklyn said. we're going to pass the george throwing justice in policing act as federal law we are going to make it against the law our own over this country to keep bringing us to a few rules for our young prince. a right right. the right family lawyer ben crump who also represents the family of george floyd was introduced as the attorney general for black folks they became part of our fraternity. no family wants to be a part of. a right left a 2 year old son and a name that will now be added to the long list of black men in america who died at the hands of police john hendren al jazeera minneapolis. the head of indonesia's navy says a missing some marine with 53 sailors on board wi

the minneapolis police officer derrick chauvet has been found guilty of the murder of george floyd he's been convicted on all counts crowds that gathered near the court celebrated of date the americas john huggy has the story. guilty on all counts that's really the headline probably the dramatic moment that's going to resonate you know continue to make headlines over and over as their show them being led out of the courtroom in handcuffs guilty on our council let's go through those real quick so count one second degree murder and he faces now to 40 years in prison on count one count 2 was 3rd degree murder faces if up to 25 years count 3 2nd degree manslaughter up to 10 years and these were all considered separate charges still not even. 24 hours after deliberations the jury came in and handed down this verdict which generally in my experience as a journalist more than 20 years covering all types of court cases that doesn't bode well for the defense particularly in a murder case when a jury comes back that quick also the prosecution you know had had called something like 36 hours last c

remanded in custody let's bring you some breaking news from minneapolis where former police officer derrick chauvet has been found guilty of all charges in the killing of the george floyd cell phone video show vein kneeling on floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes before his death sparked a global wave of protests against racial injustice and police brutality the jury considered 3 weeks of testimony from 45 witnesses convicting him of 2nd degree unintentional murder 3rd degree murder and 2nd degree manslaughter well this is the moment the judge peter cahill read out the verdict to the court room we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count one unintentional 2nd degree murder while committing a felony by the defendant guilty verdict agreed to this 20th day of april 2021 at 1 44 pm signed your foreperson juror number 19. same captioned verdict count 2 we the jury in the above until matter as to count 2 3rd degree murder perpetrating an eminently dangerous act find the defendant guilty verdict agreed to this 20 if they have april 2021 and 1 45 pm signed by jury foreperson journal or 19 same cap

floyd's death when he was pinned down by the police dr martin tobin testified at the trial of derrick chauvet in the former officer accused of killing floyd last year president joe biden's announced measures to tackle gun violence which he says is an international embarrassment for the u.s. now a relatively minor changes mr biden will need the support of congress to achieve more ambitious goals.

lawyers we look at this as something that is systemic this police violence is not just about derrick chauvet and so regardless of the verdict you know we've been doing this work for the past 50 years addressing systemic police violence looking fundamentally at how this affects black liberation and human rights and we know that it's not just about one cop it's not just about one police department or when city that this is systemic violence that anti-black violence that needs to be addressed at its core and the goal of our commission of inquiry and of this report is to help folks to see how bad can happen what are the findings that this international commission made what are the recommendations and to bring this issue of the police violence in the united states against black people to the international arena and as families and organizations attempted to do less june and by bringing it to the united nations thank you for that james you and i have known each other for a couple of decades and i have been reading your writings and your thoughts and concerns on exactly what we're talking about tod

course george floyd being the victim in the case that resulted in the conviction of police officer derrick chauvet so what we've known is that this legislation passed in the house of representatives but has not been taken up by the senate we know that the u.s. president shortly after the conviction of officer derrick chauvin that he called the family of george floyd to say that he wants to sign this into law so this the convictions av essential a reasonable life into this legislation at least the hope of the white house and so they are pushing very hard not just on capitol hill but also through the department of justice to see change can be helped at all white house correspondent thanks very much conflict let's cross over to john hendren he's live for us in minneapolis and can we assume john that there's a sense of relief and many in minneapolis perhaps further afield as well a chance to remember a man who sort of moved a nation really into social and political action. relief and surprise a lot of the people we've talked to have said they've seen these kinds of injustices happen time and time agai

what you showed there just a moment ago everyone has been waiting for 14 days to find out if derrick chauvet was going to take this stand and speak in his own defense that would be the most dramatic testimony of the trial and it would give the prosecution an opportunity to ask him a number of questions in cross-examination including about the 17 previous cases in which he's accused of using excessive force they would have been able to ask him why he didn't offer medical attention to george floyd after he had no longer was showing opposed but that won't happen probably largely for those reasons the defense has played it safe and their belief seems to be that they've offered enough reasonable doubt that a jury can say that derek chauvinism not guilty of the crime of murdering george floyd so we had a job and come back to refute the testimony he's a prosecution medical expert a pulmonologist to refute the evidence offered a day earlier by a doctor fowler on 2 points one was dr fowler suggested that carbon monoxide from the police vehicle might have contributed to george floyd's death this docto

floyd's death when he was pinned down by the police dr martin tobin testified at the trial of derrick chauvet in the former officer accused of killing floyd last year president joe biden zones measures to tackle gun violence which he says is an international embarrassment for the u.s. now a relatively minor changes mr biden will need the support of congress to achieve more ambitious goals. nothing nothing i'm about to recommend in any way impinges on the 2nd amendment or phony arguments suggest either these are 2nd amendment rated steak from what we're talking about. but no member no member to the constitution is absolute gun violence in this country is an epidemic we say to get gun violence in this country is an epidemic and it's international that. the african union is dropping plans to secure astra zeneca vaccines from the serum institute of india and says it's not because of concerns about a potential and extremely rare link to blood clots will still receive astra zeneca shot through the kovacs assistance scheme. turkey's condemned comments from the italian prime minister mario draghi who

rate for the minneapolis but also the state troopers but also that infrastructure which allowed derrick chauvet to be so confident as he as he sat and knelt to george floyd for 9 and a half minutes why do you think you get away with it and so that means also looking that the bureaucracy the infrastructure the medical examiners the prosecutors who are all in this together as far as community activists are concerned but also moving on beyond that to say look we have all of these supposed good intentions which never get anywhere now we need a radical rethinking of policing itself and what public safety actually means what the purpose of a police force even is we know in the u.s. of course the origins of from slave patrols hasn't changed that much hasn't changed that much but you know policing poor people and black people in a way to protect the rich people hasn't really doesn't seem to have to a lot of people here so that's why there's this concept of defunding the police which means pushing money away from a militarized police was millions of dollars of tanks and weaponry and push it into communi

day 3 of the derrick chauvet trial so yet another eyewitness to take the stand at their view of george floyd's death and another for whom the emotion of reliving that day became at times too much to bear. proving that some of the most powerful moments in the trial can be would nothing is said. 61 year old charles mcmillan can be heard here urging floyd to do what the police say but the restrained floyd can't move at one point he can be heard calling for his mother. to your concerns increase over time. when this. earlier prosecutors focused on the events leading up to that confrontation trying to add context to the moments before he was pinned to the ground store clerk christopher martin testified that floyd had handed him what he suspected was a counterfeit $20.00 bill which eventually led to the police being called. later when martin went outside and saw floyd pinned to the ground under chauvinists knee he was distraught. not. in cross-examination the defense focused on floyd's state of mind while he was in the store based on your observations of his behavior his speech patterns that'

of the killing of george floyd in the united states they're deciding if from a police officer derrick chauvet should be convicted of murder. and we take a look at the race to succeed in germany's chancellor angela merkel a party backed arm relaxes in his bid for the top job and the greens name and then a bad fall as their candidates. are really mohamed thanks for joining us a jury in minnesota has wrapped up its 1st day of deliberations in the derek show been trial without reaching a verdict protesters rallied in downtown minneapolis calling for justice as the country braced for the jury's decision towards florida 46 year old black man died in police custody last may have to show that pressed his knee on floyd's neck for several minutes the prosecution and defense made their final arguments in court. guilty or not guilty that's the question 12 men and women will have to answer while the country waits the defendant derek chauvin was fired from the minneapolis police department last year after george floyd died in his custody a video of the incident shows chauvin holding floyd face down with hi

than two dozen witnesses have taken the stand in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derrick chauvetday of testimony getting underway this morning. mr floyd died. from a low level of oxygen. and this caused damage to his brain. yesterday jurors heard from law enforcement officers and forensic experts. the defense continued building its case that drugs found in george floyd system during the time of his arrest were partially responsible for his death. the lead minnesota state investigator on floyd's case initially agreed with the defense that floyd appeared to say i ate too many drugs while being were stray. and by police woman. later prosecutors played him a longer clip of the body cam video. yes, i believe mr flu is saying i ain't do no drugs earlier wednesday in lapd use of force expert took the stand for a second day. he testified that show been applied pressure to floyd's neck or neck area from the time officers began pinning him to the ground until paramedics started moving him to a stretcher. how much force was reasonable for the. offended to use on mr floyd after mr floyd was

potter now faces a manslaughter charge don't say wright was killed in the midst of the trial of derrick chauvet the white police officer convicted on tuesday of murdering george floyd so this funeral drew many of the same dignitaries that attended that trial and 2 days after she opens conviction floyd's family was also here joining the right family in mourning all of minneapolis is that they are going to prance up brooklyn set. going to pass the george throwing justice in policing act as federal law we are going to make it against the law oh no over this country to keep bringing us to a few rules for our young prince. dante right to life. the right family lawyer ben crump who also represents the family of george floyd was introduced as the attorney general for black folks they became part of a fraternity that no family wants to be a part of. dante wright left a 2 year old son in a name that will now be added to the long list of black men in america who died at the hands of police john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. the us senate has passed a bill aimed at curbing hate crimes against asian amer

remanded in custody let's bring you some breaking news from minneapolis where former police officer derrick chauvet has been found guilty of all charges in the killing of the georgia floor floor.

derrick show. vin murder trial, local state and federal law enforcement agencies are gearing up for potential protests when that verdict comes down, closing arguments are set to begin on monday with jury deliberations to follow. chauvetth 2nd and 3rd degree murder and second degree manslaughter in the killing of george floyd and another night of protests are expected tonight in brooklyn center, minnesota following the death of two want a ride. he was shot and killed by police on sunday, the sixth night of protest comes is the city lifts tonight. curfew today. we also heard from the mother of rights young son. she held back tears. she said she didn't want to raise her son alone. everything's still all really just hitting me now because i still haven't really fully like understood everything going on right now. um i'm just really hurt from our son because, like he doesn't have his father now, and it's like it's kind of stressful on me because, like, i don't really don't wanna do this by myself. former officer kim potter was charged with manslaughter for wright's death. his mother says those charges are not enough and businesses in chicago or prepping for unrest after police released body camera video of an officer shoo