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Historic verdict just one step toward ‘true justice,’ Minn. leaders say
Many of Minnesota’s leading Democrats said they'll commit to systematic change that addresses long-running racial disparities. Accountability in George Floyd’s killing, they said, is just the start.  
Photos: Crowds cheer, celebrate after Chauvin convicted of murder and manslaughter
A Hennepin County jury on Tuesday found ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. In Minneapolis, people hugged and cheered as they heard the verdicts, drivers blared their horns and demonstrators waved signs.
South Minneapolis remembers a year of unrest as it braces for what's next
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.
In Minneapolis, city fortified after Chauvin guilty verdict
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.
A Minnesota political icon, Mondale rose to national prominence as a vice president and then as a presidential candidate. He once said he hoped Americans would remember him simply as a decent person who tried his best to do the right thing.