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WATCH: Derek Chauvin Found Guilty of Murdering George Floyd

Special BroadcastApril 20, 2021
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A jury in Minneapolis has found Derek Chauvin guilty on three counts for killing George Floyd. Chauvin is a former white Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nine-and-a-half minutes last May.

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StoryApr 20, 2021

Police Killed John Thompson’s Friend Philando Castile. Now He Is a Lawmaker Fighting Racist Policing

StoryApr 20, 2021

Jurors Deliberate in Derek Chauvin Trial as Prosecution Urges Them to “Believe What They Had Seen”

StoryApr 13, 2021

Derek Chauvin Trial Breaks Down “Blue Wall of Silence” as Police Officials Testify Against Ex-Cop

StoryApr 07, 2021

Retired Black NYPD Detective: Derek Chauvin Trial Highlights “Race-Based” Police Brutality Problem

ColumnApr 01, 2021

The Derek Chauvin Murder Trial: Bystanders’ Courage and Compassion Versus Police Cruelty

StoryApr 01, 2021

“The System of Policing Is on Trial”: Derek Chauvin Murder Case Is About More Than Just George Floyd

StoryApr 01, 2021

“Check His Pulse”: In Derek Chauvin Trial, Outraged Bystanders Describe Witnessing George Floyd Death

Web ExclusiveMar 31, 2021

“I Felt the Need to Call the Police on the Police”: Witnesses Describe Seeing George Floyd’s Murder

StoryMar 30, 2021

Derek Chauvin Defense Blames “George Floyd Himself for His Own Death,” Not the Police “Blood Choke”

StoryMar 30, 2021

9 Minutes, 29 Seconds: Derek Chauvin Trial Opens with Full Video of George Floyd’s Killing

StoryMar 29, 2021

Robin D.G. Kelley on Derek Chauvin Murder Trial, Reparations in Evanston & Cornel West Tenure Fight

StoryMar 09, 2021

The Murder of George Floyd: Officer Derek Chauvin Trial Set to Begin as New Charges Considered

StoryMar 05, 2021

“We Do This ’Til We Free Us”: Mariame Kaba on Abolishing Police, Prisons & Moving Toward Justice

StoryFeb 26, 2021

“The Whole System Needs to Be Indicted”: Attorney Benjamin Crump on Overhauling U.S. Policing

StoryJul 16, 2020

COVID-Stricken Marc Lamont Hill: New Floyd Video Shows Familiar Ritual of Racist Police Terror

ColumnJun 25, 2020

For Many Athletes, Challenging Racism Is No Game

StoryJun 15, 2020

Police Anti-Bias Trainer Shot in Groin by San Jose Cops at Protest: “It’s Clear This Isn’t Working”

Web ExclusiveJun 12, 2020

Angela Davis on Abolition, Calls to Defund Police, Toppled Racist Statues & Voting in 2020 Election

ColumnJun 11, 2020

Activists Demand: Defend Black Lives, Defund the Police

StoryJun 11, 2020

Historian Robin D.G. Kelley: Years of Racial Justice Organizing Laid Groundwork for Today’s Uprising

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