Derek Chauvin

"Nobody is above the law, and nobody is beneath it," said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, calling Chauvin's change of plea "important and historic."

Prosecutors were asking for the former police officer to be sentenced to a 30-year prison term. The defense attorney called for probation and time already served.

Prosecutors accuse the former officer and others of using excessive force and violating George Floyd's rights. The rare federal charges follow state charges in a trial in which Chauvin was convicted.

The former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted last month for murdering George Floyd is asking the court for a new trial. His lawyers say Chauvin's case was tainted by pretrial publicity.

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Bishop Melvin Pinkney said that in the wake of Derek Chauvin's murder conviction, leaders need to place emphasis on the historical tension between police and Black communities to move forward.

Dr. Howard Pratt, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Community Health of South Florida in Miami, says the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict is a step, but that as a Black doctor, he’s concerned about how much stress and anxiety many of his Black patients continue to feel.

Across the country, jubilation and relief broke out at the guilty verdict for the former Minneapolis police officer. But many people see it as the start of a long fight toward justice.

Around the country, people celebrated the conviction of the former Minneapolis police officer in the the killing of George Floyd.

A jury has found Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts he faced over the killing of George Floyd. The outcome was far from guaranteed, as convictions of police officers are historically rare.

Across the state young people left class in an impromptu demonstration as jurors in Minneapolis began deliberating in the Derek Chauvin trial.