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Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama say a Minneapolis jury "did the right thing" in convicting former police officer Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd. 

Though they said that justice was done in this case, the nation's first Black president and his wife said in a statement, "we know that true justice is about much more than a single verdict in a single trial."

found Chauvin guilty on all three charges

 — second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter — for Floyd's killing during an arrest last year.

President Biden spoke with Floyd's family shortly after the verdict Tuesday.

 shared by the Floyd family's attorney, Ben Crump, Biden is heard saying, "Nothing is gonna make it all better but at least, God, now there's some justice."   

Crime, Law and Justice

The murder of George Floyd

Benjamin Swasey

Author

"We know that true justice is about much more than a single verdict in a single trial," the nation's first Black president and the former first lady said in a statement.

Obamas: Chauvin jury 'Did the right thing' But 'we cannot rest'

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