>> ellison: i don't know.s' statements, i have to say to you that it was-- i think it was an indispensable piece of this case. >> pelley: the first public statement that the minneapolis police department made, hours after mr. floyd was killed, was that "the police had been involved and someone had died of a medical emergency." do you think we ever would've known the truth without the video? >> ellison: you know, i have real doubts of-- that we ever would. >> pelley: why would derek chauvin commit murder, or even assault, if he knew he was being recorded? >> ellison: i think that if he looks at history, he has every reason to believe that he would never be held accountable. there's never been anyone in minnesota convicted-- any police officer convicted of second- degree murder, in the history of our state. so, this was precedent-setting in that way. so, history was on his side. >> pelley: does george floyd bear any responsibility, in your view, for what happened that day? >> ellison: no, he doesn't. >> pelley:

that was keith ellison, the _ justice. thank you. that was keith ellison, the attorney _ justice.ed this case. we hear from the prosecution handled this case. we hearfrom prosecution lawyers but with with something that the attorney general said that was so striking when he said this is not justice, justice implies true restoration, this is accountability. and he talked about how there was need notjust for one case, the case of george floyd and derek children but a need for social —— chauvin a need for social transformation in the united states. it's been really striking out people use this moment notjust striking out people use this moment not just to say they feel there's been some victory in this case but the cause of socialjustice still needs to be pushed forward in america. you are watching special coverage of the of chauvin. this is bbc news, with special coverage of the trial of derek chauvin for the killing of george floyd. we the jury, in the above entitled matter, as to count one, unintentional second—degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. a

attorney general ellison: good afternoon, everyone. my name is keith ellison, attorney general of minnesota. since the prosecution of this case began last may, everyone involved has pursued one goal -- justice. we pursued justice wherever it led. when i became the lead prosecutor, i asked 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 has culminated today. i would not call today' is verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. but it is accountability, the first step towards justice. and now, the cause of justice is in your hands. when i say your hands, i mean the people of the united states. george floyd mattered. he was loved by his family and 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 matte

applause and keith ellison _ took this case...ok this case... applause | and keith ellison thought and took this case... applause - and keith ellison thought and put together a team that made this possible, and this is the first time in the history of this state that a white police officer has been convicted, let alone convicted of a murder. this is the first time in a long array of sites that we have seen three counts, guilty and all three. we do not find pleasure in this coastal we do not celebrate a man going to jail. we would have rather george be alive. but we celebrate that we, because young people, white and black, many that are here tonight, marched and kept marching and kept going, many of them looked down on, but they kept marching and would not let this die. and this is an assurance to them that if we don't give up, that we can win some rounds, but the war in the fight is not over. just two days from now, we are going to have to deal with the funeral of daunte wright, in this same county, this same area. we still have c

definitely thank you to keith ellison— definitely thank you to keith ellison and his team.id an amazing job from start to finish all— did an amazing job from start to finish. all of the evidence, all the witnesses. — finish. all of the evidence, all the witnesses, everything proved exactly what we _ witnesses, everything proved exactly what we saw in that video. but yet, we are _ what we saw in that video. but yet, we are still— what we saw in that video. but yet, we are still questioning the decision— we are still questioning the decision of the jury, and i wonder why _ decision of the jury, and i wonder why often — decision of the jury, and i wonder why. often times this system fails us as— why. often times this system fails us as black— why. often times this system fails us as black men and women in america — us as black men and women in america. with all the evidence pointing — america. with all the evidence pointing towards a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty— we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict, or in some cases i rot guilty verdict, or i

ellison was the lead prosecutor in the trial of derek chauvin.erview on sunday he had doubts about this case. >> was there ever a time you thought you could lose this case? >> i was never convinced we were going to win this ace until we heard the verdicts of guilty. i remember what happened in the rodney king case when i was a pretty young man, a young lawyer. and i remember how devastated i felt when i heard that the jury acquits those officers. whenever an officer is charged with an offense, particularly when the victim is a person of color, it's just rare that there is any accountability. and so there was every moment of this case i thought what are we missing? what haven't we done. >> reporter: but ellison assembled the team, some of the prosecutors working on a volunteer basis. and over an 11-month period, ellison and his team reviewed that video, the video that shows george floyd pleading for his life. and on that video, ellison says at least 27 times floyd said he could not breathe. ellison also said during that "60 minutes" interview, he

attorney general ellison: good afternoon, everyone. my name is keith ellison, attorney general of minnesota. since the prosecution of this case began last may, everyone

>> it was keith ellison. >> keith ellison knew what was at stake?g on keith ellison for one second. i've known keith ellison since he was a grassroots organizer. he has this slogan, everybody counts, everybody matters. he is this firebrand young guy and ran for congress with that everybody count, everybody matters slogan. he runs for attorney general. everybody gets behind him. african american, muslim younger guy gets in there turns out elections matter. voting matters. leadership matters. he put everything he could on the table to make sure that it happened. and that's how you got the victory. anything short of, that we would have had the same sad outcome we've had for what, 20 years, don? 30 years? >> yeah. he said this -- what did he say, this was michael jordan i think he said. >> a team of michael jordan. >> this is a team of michael jordans. >> he went and found lawyers that weren't even his lawyers. >> everybody i know said states don't have these kinds of resources. where did they get all of these expert witnesses and so on from? you don't

amy: minnesota attorney general keith ellison was in charge of the prosecution. also referenced the recent police killing of daunte wright in nearby brooklyn center , minnesota. >> we have seen rodney king, oscar grant, eric garner, michael brown, freddie gray, sandra bland, philando castile, laquan mcdonald, stefan clark, anton black, breonna taylor, and now daunte wright and adam toledo. this has to end. we need true justice. that is not one case. that is a social transformation that says nobody is beneath the law and no one is above it. this verdict reminds us that we must make enduring systemic, societal change. amy: the first african-american elected to statewide office in minnesota and the first muslim elected to statewide office anywhere in the united states, keith ellison. president biden addressed the nation on tuesday and condemned systemic racism. pres. biden: it was a murder in full light of day and ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism the vice president is referred to. systemic racism is a stain on our nation sold. t

>> thank you, attorney general ellison. when i say thank you to attorney general ellison, i want to thank you for calling me and calling me back into public service, which is something that i was able to do as a federal prosecutor, as a state prosecutor, as an assistant county attorney in the united states army. when i left private practice, i thought those days were behind me, but i received a call and it was from keith ellison. 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's a privileged life, it's a noble profession, and if somebody calls you and they 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, to stood with the state of minnesota as we go through this painful process together. it's been my privilege to practice with this incredible, incredible gifted tri

[applause] and keith ellison thought and put together a team that made this possible. this is the first time in the history of the state of white police officer has been convicted, less convicted of a murder. this is the first time in a long array of fights that we have seen three counts guilty in all three. we do not find pleasure in this, we didn't celebrate a man goin to jail. we would rather george be alive, but we celebrate that we -- because young people, white and black, many that are here tonight marched and kept marching. many of them looked down on but they kept marching. this is an assurance to them that if we don't give up, we can win some rounds. but the war in the fight is not over. just two days from now we are going to have the funeral for daunte wright in the same county, the same area. we still have cases to fight, and we are determined that we are going to fight until we make federal law, the george floyd justice and policing act. it must be law. we want to thank all who are involved but especially the attorney general and the governor. we want to th

keith ellison experienced disappointments multiple times. ellison led the prosecution in the derek chauvin's trial. in the 60-minute interview tonight he revealed publicly that he had doubts about the case. >> was there ever a time that you thought you could lose this case? >> i was never convinced that we are going to win this case until we heard the verdict of guilty. >> i remember what happened in the rodney king's case when i was a young man. i remember how devastated i felt when i heard the jury acquitted with those officers. particularly when the victim is a person of color. it is just rare that there is any accountability. there was every moment of this case, i thought what are we missing? what have we not done? >> reporter: ellison and the team he assembled worked over an 11-month period. their job showcasing that video and explaining what happened in that video where we see and hear george floyd pleading for his life on that video, we hear according to ellison, floyd say at least 27 times he could not breathe. ellison said in the in

[applause] and keith ellison thought and put together a team that made this possible. this is the first time in the history of the state of white police officer has been convicted, less convicted of a murder. this is the first time in a long array of fights that we have seen three counts guilty in all three. we do not find pleasure in this, we didn't celebrate a man goin to jail. we would rather george be alive, but we celebrate that we -- because young people, white and black, many that are here tonight marched and kept marching. many of them looked down on but they kept marching. this is an assurance to them that if we don't give up, we can win some rounds. but the war in the fight is not over. just two days from now we are going to have the funeral for daunte wright in the same county, the same area. we still have cases to fight, and we are determined that we are going to fight until we make federal law, the george floyd justice and policing act. it must be law. we want to thank all who are involved but especially the attorney general and the governor. we want to th

finally thank you to keith ellison and his team. [applause] they did an amazing job, from start to finish. all the evidence, the witnesses, everything prove exactly what we saw in that video. but yet, we still questioned the decision of the jury. and i wonder why? oftentimes, the system fails us as black and and women in america. all the evidence, everything into a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict. or in some cases, i have my good friend walker back here, we don't even get charges. >> right. brandon: so today is a pivotal moment for america. it is something this country has lead it for a long time now. and hopefully, today is a start. we need change in this broken system. it was built to imprison us. it was built against us. oftentimes, we see people who are supposed to protect and serve, supposed to protect and serve. they do the total opposite. on the first day of trial, we had a press conference and we kneeled for eight minutes at 46 seconds. and when i got up and it was my turn to speak, i said that

had not the attorney general keith ellison took his gear. and keith ellison ford and put together a team that made this possible and this is the 1st time in the history of distaste that a white police officer has been convicted on less known convicted of a murder. this is the 1st time in a long reign of fights that we've seen 3 counts guilty at all 3. we don't find pleasure in this we don't celebrate a man going to jail we would have rather the george be alive. but we celebrate that we because young people white and black sun castigated many that he had a night march in kept watch and kept going many of them looked down on but they kept marching and wouldn't let this die and this is an assurance to them that if we don't give up that we can win some rounds but the war and the fight is not oh just 2 days from now we're going to have to deal with the funeral of dante right in is saying county just same area we still have cases to fight but this gives us the energy to fight on and we undetermined that we go fight until we make federal law george

took this case. >> yes. >> yes. [ applause ] >> and keith ellison fought and put together a team that made this possible. and this is the first time in the history of this state that a white police officer has been conv convicted, convicted of a murder. this is the first time in a long array of fights that we've seen three counts, guilty on all three. we don't find pleasure in this. >> no. >> we don't celebrate a man going to jail. we would have rather george be alive. >> amen! >> but we celebrate that we, because young people, white and black, some castigated, many that are here tonight, marched and kept marching and kept going. many of them looked down on, but they kept marching and wouldn't let this die. and this is an assurance to them that if we don't give up, that we can win some rounds, but the war and the fight is not over. just gotwo days from now, we're going to have to deal with the funeral of daunte wright in this same county, the same area. we still have cases to fight, but this gives us the energy to fight on. and we are determined that we're going to fight until we make

definitely thank you to keith ellison and his team. i think they did an amazing job from start to finish. all of the evidence, all of the witnesses, everything, proved exactly what we saw in that video. but, yet, we still question the decision of the jury. and i wonder why. oftentimes, the system fails us as black men and women in america. with all the evidence there, everybody pointing to a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict or in some cases i got my good friend kenny walker back here, we don't even get charges. >> right. >> so today is a pivotal moment for america. it's something this country has needed for a long time now. when i say a pivotal moment, i mean change in this broken system. it wasn't built there to oppress us. oftentimes we see people who are supposed to, supposed to protect and serve. supposed to protect and serve, they do the total opposite. on the first day of trial, we had a press conference and we kneeled for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. and when i got up and it was my bern to speak, i said

thank you attorney general ellison. and when i say thank you to attorney general ellison i want to thank you for calling me names calling me back into public service which is something that i was able to do as a federal prosecutor as a state prosecutor as an assistant county attorney in the united states army. and when i left private practice i thought those days were behind me but i received a call and it was from keith ellison and we were just listening a little earlier to keith ellison the attorney general of the minnesota giving his reaction to the verdict he said accountability was the 1st us that the justice and we have seen accountability he said george floyd matter to me mattered because he was a human being in law did the civic duty by what he used the term that had been used by the prosecution the bouquet of humanity the people that stopped as derek show vince and he was on george floyd's neck and videoed what was going on and also. told the. to a stop what he was doing let's just go and listen in now to the c

i don't know that what ellison put together is repeatable because let -- let's give ellison all credit here. it's like ellison looked at like marcia clarke and chris darden and was like, i ain't going out like that. right? he just was -- that's not -- he brought the a team, b team, the c team. as you pointed out, he brought in defense attorneys. he had neil, former acting solicitor general of the united states. so, like, they brought everything to bear. are they going to do that for daunte wright? is that what's going to happen with -- with ma'khia bryant's case? is it going to happen, over and over and over again? does it need to happen over and over and over, again, to -- to bring these cops accountable? because if this is what it takes, if this is the mountain that we have to climb to get one level of accountability. i just don't know how repeatable that is. >> and, paul, it's an excellent question because i wonder. i mean, you -- you even had gwen karr. is that going to happen even for the other three cops? right? so now, there is a sentencing that is going to happen in june. then,

that minnesota attorney general keith ellison is speaking.— minnesota attorney general keith ellisonated today i— painstaking work has culminated today. i would not call today's verdict — today. i would not call today's verdictjustice, however. because justice _ verdictjustice, however. because justice implies true restoration. but it— justice implies true restoration. but it is— justice implies true restoration. but it is accountability. which is the first— but it is accountability. which is the first step towards justice. and now the _ the first step towards justice. and now the cause ofjustice is in your hands _ now the cause ofjustice is in your hands and — now the cause ofjustice is in your hands. and when i say your hands, i mean _ hands. and when i say your hands, i mean the _ hands. and when i say your hands, i mean the hands of the people of the united _ mean the hands of the people of the united states. george floyd mattered. he was loved by his family and his— mattered. he was loved by his family and his friends. his death shocked the conscience of our community, our count

my name is keith ellison, attorney general of minnesota. since the prosecution of this case began last may, everyone involved has pursued one goal -- justice. we pursued justice

let's not forget that attorney general keith ellison and his team were very pivotal in this. we've got to elect people who really understand the importance of ensuring more just decisions and processes when you're talking about a member of the criminal justice system. >> and -- >> they have to be held accountable. >> yeah. >> this moment really was about holding one of its own accountable. >> yeah. well, i'm going to leave you with this, bernice. this is from a statement today and i think it rings true. i appreciate you for your time. this is from the king center statement. it's a quote from your dad that says, no, no, we're not satisfied and will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. and i think that's exactly the sentiment you said in your last statement. thank you, bernice king. i appreciate you joining us. >> god bless you. >> we'll be right back at the top of the hour.

definitely, definitely thank you to keith ellison and his team. plausz plausz. [ applause ] i think they did an amazing job start to finish. all the of the evidence, all of the witnesses proved what we saw in the video but yet we still question the jurors. often time this system fails us as black men and women in america. everything pointing to a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict or in some cases i got my good friend kenny walker back here, we don't even get charges so today is a pivotal moment for america. something this country needed for a long time now and hopefully today is the start of that when i say a pivotal moment, we need change in this broken system it was built to oppress us and against us often times we see people supposed to protect and serve. supposed to protect and serve, they do the total opposite on the first day of trial, rev sha sharpton, we had a press conference and kneeled for 8 minutes and 46 seconds and when i got up, and it was my turn to speak, i said that every time i come out here it hard b

joining me now is keith ellison, the attorney general of minnesota. that did this prosecution. did you know anything about the feds looking into this? >> well, i didn't know anything about the feds actually, i know they have jurisdiction. i know that the office was interested and concerned, but i didn't know any of the details. i'm glad i didn't because i really had enough to do to focus on the state prosecution. but i am glad that they -- that the federal government, either through the doj practice and even through criminal enforcement of civil rights violations is interested. it makes a big difference. >> how much -- how important was it that this prosecution happened under your supervision, the state attorney general, and not out of the hennepin county prosecutor's office where it normally would happen and where we have seen local prosecutors have a very tight relationship, obviously, with the police and their jurisdiction. >> well, i just want to say as a preliminary matter, hennepin county attorney's office was very helpful to us. they were our p

this is what minnesota attorney—general, keith ellison, had to say after the verdict was announced.f this case last may happened, everyone has pursued one goal, justice. we pursued justice wherever it led. when i became the lead prosecutor for the case, i asked 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 has culminated today. i would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. but it is accountability. which is the first step towards justice. and now the cause ofjustice 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

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 an

minnesota attorney general keith ellison, it's good to have you on "prime time." really powerful interview with pele on "60 minutes" really gave a good feel for the context of how doing it right matters so much right now. take us back for one second before we go to where our future is here. when you first learned that the police assessment of george floyd, which was medical incident, was anything but based on what you spa on the video, what did that mean to you? >> well, it, quite candidly, was not a surprise. usually there is a period of time when the official story and the actual story are not aligned. in this particular case, it became evident when darnella post hered her video. it was a total misconception. >> we don't want to hinder the investigation. how, when it involves police, how do you hinder? >> the video does need to be released, but i will say when you're trying to investigate the sk case and you're trying to interview witnesses, it's better if not all the witnesses know what you have. if i have a video that shows the decedent was walking away from y

joining me now, attorney general keith ellison. attorney general ellison, i want to congratulate you on a complete victory. three charges, three convictions. tell me a little bit about how you assembled that team. it is very, very hard to convict a police officer in the line of duty. >> let me tell you, i started with the attorney general staff, and we have some very good lawyers there. but i also thought we needed someone who had a very strong sense of the medical case, because we thought the defense might try to make an issue out of medical causation, you know, trying to claim that somehow, at the very instant when derek chauvin had a knee on george floyd's neck, that was when he would have heart disease. then we needed somebody who was strong in the area of prosecuting police and use of force, so i went to a friend of mine, steve schlisser who understands that. jerry blackwell understands the medical issue together with larry vazquez. on the fact witnesses, i didn't have to go far. we had a lot of really strong witnesses in the

what are you seeing and hearing there, ellison?ood bank has enough food to feed 2,000 households. they are moving cars through as quickly as they can and filling the back of the trucks, whatever it may be, with different food items. they have been doing this for a good hour and a half now. the lines are starting to let up a little bit. people lined up a good two hours or so before this even opened to get food. one of the first questions i asked one of the organizers of this food drive, have you seen the numbers drop in months? it feels like things are starting to get a little more hopeful in the pandemic. she says, no, their numbers have stayed the same consistent throughout the pandemic. they are still seeing high numbers of families needing to come and get food. we spoke to one woman who was waiting in line this morning. things have been so hard and without a food drive like this, her family might not be able to eat. listen here. is this something you thought that you would need to do, be in a food line? >> no. not at all. >> rep

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i want to bring in jeremiah ellison, a member of the minneapolis city council.int out that he is the son of minnesota attorney general keith ellison who led the prosecution of derek chauvin. good to see you. thanks for your time this morning. i want to start with your reaction to the breaking news that we heard about the department of justice launching this investigation into the patterns and practices of the minneapolis police department. were you surprised by that? what would you like to see come out of that investigation? >> i'm not surprised by it. the state of minnesota, department of human rights started a similar pattern and practice investigation against our police department a year ago in the wake of the police response to protests back then. i'm not surprised by the doj investigation. i knew that with trump out of office, this level of oversight was going to return, thankfully. we invite it. we think that we do have issues in our department. but we also understand that this is not just a minneapolis problem. this is a broader problem all across the cou

team in the trial of derek chauvin for the murder of george floyd in here is what keith ellison nowe most important moment in the trial. >> do you need a minute? >> oh my god. >> and the lead prosecutors of the case are back with us, jerry blackwell and steve sleischer jerry, that's the kind of moment that you can't prepare for. you prepare your witness, as you prepare your evidence, you lineup your exhibits but then something like that happens. what was your reaction in the courtroom when that happened? >> it just grabs your heart to see and feel that from -- it was from mr. mcmillon and it just spoke not only to his humanity is one of the bystanders but again he's very important for conveying to the jurors that again, this was not some unruly crowd, an unruly mob that was interested in interfering with the police. that you saw the kind of grief and anguish that mr. mcmillon felt over the sense of helplessness and the fact that they had so much respect, frankly for the badge and the policing that they didn't intervene. with those bystanders that could have easily pushed mr. chauvin

bless the prosecutor, keith ellison and his staff that did their job, even though they didn't know what the outcome would be. bless ben crump in a special way that worked tirelessly, that jumped on trains and left his family to make sure that justice would rain down. thank you for all of the civil and human rights leaders that stood up. and we thank you for the nameless grandma's and grandpa's that would get on their knees and ask you to give us a victory of this kind. lord, as we give you thanks and give you the praise will let george know that his name is going down in history. they may have put their knee on his neck, but he will now be a figure that we will take the knees off of our neck and we give you the praise. thank you, and god, we give you the glory. these blessings we ask in your name, amen. >> amen! >> bret: reverend al sharpton and the family there in minneapolis with attorney ben crump. moments ago, also received a statement from president barack obama and first lady michelle obama. i will read a piece of this, to date a jury in minneapolis to the right thing for almost a

he put together the legal team, jurors, whole process led by keith ellison. keith ellison. minnesota state with great proud traditions, brother ben. it's about wrong and right. massive protests. 1964, those who fought down through the years. when i think about the congresswoman, people in this state speak back, fight back. i want to express thanks to all of you. people on the team of keith, black and white, and we must learn to live together as brothers, live together. we will live together. i want to express my thank you all those that come together today because we're going to keep marching. brother wright, we can't celebrate because the killings keep coming. this case should break the backbone of legal lynching. they have lynched us with the law. thank you very much. >> lastly, before we get to the questions, and let me acknowledge, again, tamika, reverend jamal bryant, and all of the young people that kept it going. ain't no sun between these generations. anybody thinks so, get up and work out with me in the morning. national president of the national urban league, brot

. >>> minnesota's attorney general, keith ellison, is speaking about chauvin's guilty verdict. he sat down with scott pelley for "60 minutes." >> wevervince were i remember what happened in the rodney king case and remember how devastated i felt when i heard that the jury acquitted those officers, particularly when the victim is a person of color. it's just rare that there's any accountability. every moment of this case -- >> you can watch the full interview with keith ellison this sunday on "60 minutes." >>> and just minutes before the chauvin verdict was read, police in columbus, ohio, shot and killed a 16-year-old black girl armed with a knife, fueling a new round of protests. students at the ohio state university held a sit-in on campus yesterday. they want the school to cut ties with the columbus police department. a large crowd marched to the ohio state house last night demanding justice for the teenager's family. nancy chen is tracking the latest. >> reporter: columbus, ohio, officials have released new body camera video showing the moments leading up to ma'khia bryant's

you had a chance to sit down with ellison.bout what you found out. >> reporter: he feels a difference in this verdict but rather than the fact that they were thorough. he did speak on the potential for an appeal from chauvin. >> looking forward, are you worried about an appeal? >> any case there is going to be an appeal. i am sufficiently concerned. we are not going to get careless. i feel the trial was fair and do derek chauvin had a fair and full trial. >> were you concerned of the comment of congresswoman maxine waters and not only got the attention of the judge but got him angry. >> you are not going to stop folks from commenting on a public concern. the jury pledged to only decide the case based on the evidence and to avoid media. i trusted if they did that. >> reporter: he trusted the jury there. he added he felt the judge handled all these potential influences correctly. >> as part of your conversation, you did ask him about the path ahead and obviously that hits the appeal and the other officers, what else did he say?

ask your doctor about once-weekly trulicity. >>> today keith ellison thanked the witnesses on the streets told the jury the truths of what happened to george floyd. >> they stopped and raised their voices and they challenged authorities because they saw his humanity. they stopped and raised their voices because they knew what they were seeing was wrong. they did not need to be medical professionals or experts in the use of force. they knew it was wrong. they were right. these community members, they 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. >> joining us now, our criminal law professor at new york law school and mark clacken. curt walter, let me begin with you, this trial is unlike what we have seen before, this verdict came in relatively quickly, that was a signal what the verdict was going to be, more jury reflection on what we got in that courtroom today. >> well, what we saw in this courtroom today was where this trial began and ened. it was with the video, the unrep

what do you think about what is ellison said?elieved with the guilty verdict in that case, we know that george floyd, one, is still dead and so many others are dead. the next day of the verdict was another killing. i don't know what motivated chauvin has he pressed his knee against the neck of george floyd or 9 and a half minutes but it is hard to believe that would be the case if george floyd was a white man that he would have done the same thing, treated h i am -- him the same way. obviously i don't know what went through his mind and what motivated him. that's not policing. that's the bottom line. too many people are dying and too many people who look like me are tdying. with with we have to change the system and the conditions that led to so many senseless deaths. that's the work that needs to happen across our country. >> mayor janey, thank you very much, i appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you. >> the justice department just releasing shocking new video of the moment officer sicknick was attacked by rioters with pepper

i would like to thank minnesota attorney general keith ellison for the remarkable work he and his team did. it made us proud and it made us leave for today, and we need to hold that thought, that justice is possible. that team with steve swisher and jerry blackwell, minnesota attorneys who pro bono toes to step up -- who pro bono chose to step up and make sure the state's case would hold. they make us proud. there humanity, their intelligence and their belief that justice would be served inspired all of us over these past difficult. i've -- difficult weeks. i would like to thank the jurors, who had a difficult burden and did the right thing by making sure justice was served without being influenced by anything else. they did a service that will they harden our democracy and judicial system, and they did it , i think for all of us, in a way that had us all holding our breath with the belief that it could work. and i would like to thank those who testified. i would like to thank those police officers who showed integrity looks like. it may be a sad statement that any of us have waited a

>>> keith ellison assembled the prosecution team in the trial of derek chauvin for the murder of georgehere is what keith ellison now said what the most important moment in the trial. >> do you need a minute? >> and the lead prosecutors in the case are back with us, jerry blackwell and steve schleicher. jerry, that's the kind of moment you can't prepare for. you prepare your witnesses and evidence and you lined up your exhibits but then something like that happened. what was your reaction? >> it grabs your heart to see and feel that. it was from mr. mcmillian. again, he's very important for conveying to the jurors that again this was not some unruly crowd and unruly mob that was interested in interfering with the police that you saw the kind of grief and the anguish felt over the sense of helplessness, they had so much respect that they did not intervene with those bystanders, they could have pushed mr. chauvin and the rest of them off. and no doubt in fear of themselves being harmed. a number of bystanders called the police. mr. mcmillian still torn up a year after the fact over not be

and late today minnesota's attorney general keith ellison spoke with scott pelley for "60 minutes" about why history made him nervous about whether they would get a conviction. >> was there ever a time that you thought you could lose this case? >> i was never convinced we were going to win this case untile heard the verdict of guilty. i remember what happened in the rodney king case. and i remember how devastated i felt when i heard that the jury acquitted those-- those officers. particularly when the victim is a person of color. it is just rare at tre i any-- any uny oas thought what are we missing? cai thought what are we mi do we need another witness. i was not sure that we were going to get the just result that we did get, until i heard judge cahill announce the verdict. >> in scott pelley's interview with keith ellison will air this sunday on "60 minutes." we want to go now to columbus, ohio, where police released bodycam footage just hours after an officer shot and killed a 16 year old girl. cbs' david begnaud has the new details tonight. >> it all happened in just 11 seconds. from

the prosecution led by attorney general keith ellison made a very compelling case on why derek chauvin should be held criminally liable, because even though we had one of the most horrific videos of torture that has ever been witnessed in america of a citizen by the police, we know that still is not enough to guarantee a conviction of a police officer when they kill a black person unjustly. so i expect this to be a precedence, and i see in daunte wright already george floyd's prosecution is having an impact on equal justice. >> now, in line with that, attorney crump, i want you to take a listen to attorney general merrick garland who spoke at my national action network convention this weekend as you did. i want you to listen to this part of the speech to us. >> the civil rights division is already hard at work on a long agenda. it will work hard to ensure accountability for law enforcement misconduct. that will be made by our grant-making components to help police departments around the country improve their practices through funding and technical assistance, leverage to promote polici

so i am so proud of keith ellison, our thorny general. i don't think enough has been said about how he put together this team and they warned hotdog lawyers, they just did their job. what was the story for the jurors and for america? it was about the witnesses. it was about not just how george floyd tragically died, but how he lived, and it was about yes the police officers willing to come forward and testify against derek chauvin, but also those ordinary citizens, the guy working at the store that felt so bad, the pastor by who wish we could've done more. in the end, there was one person responsible in the eyes of the jury for what happened and that was derek chauvin. >> you've got your start in politics as the electric district a county where that happened and you are there for eight years. there were police killings of citizens during that time, and there was a back and forth during the campaign about your office not prosecuting some of them. i wonder if you feel different now about the way the system works than you did as a district a