President Joe Biden says he is “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and that he believes the case to be “overwhelming.” Biden told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that he was only weighing in on the trial into the death of George Floyd because the jury in the case had been sequestered.
Throughout south Minneapolis, people are preparing and waiting for what happens next, as a jury deliberates whether former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is guilty of murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.
To understand why police are so rarely held accountable for killings, you should know about Kawaski Trawick, and what didn’t happen to the officer who shot him.
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"We've got to get more confrontational, we've got to make sure that they know we mean business," the California Democrat said at a protest on Saturday.
A jury on Tuesday convicted ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in Floyd’s killing last May while in police custody. Chauvin was led away in handcuffs. Sentencing will come in about eight weeks.
More than 3,000 National Guard soldiers, along with police officers, sheriffs deputies and other law enforcement personnel have flooded Minneapolis in the wake of a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with murder in the death last year of George Floyd.
The president prioritizes racial justice while also acting as an ally of law enforcement, and the trial's end could be the first significant flashpoint over race and policing in Biden's presidency.
Mike Elliott is the part-time mayor of a small first-ring suburb, but the killing of Daunte Wright has placed him in the middle of the national debate over policing.
Host Angela Davis talked with law experts and reporters in reaction to closing arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial. The special coverage included the last part of the defense's closing arguments ahead of the prosecution's rebuttal.
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