>> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> before we say anything, we're going to have a prayer. when we first came to minneapolis and we went to the site, when ben crump called, we remembered how eric garner said "i can't breathe" 11 times. his mother came with us to the site. the family came in and this family has stood together for the last 11 months, watching this video go over and over and over again. this family stood with pain, suffering and not knowing what the future held, because so many families went and got nothing. they thanked god when they got the indictment, which would not have happened had not the attorney general keith ellison took this case. >> yes. >> yes. [ applause ] >> and keith ellison fought and put together a team that made this possible. and this is the first time in the history of this state that a white police officer has been

you see him in george floyd. who big fears black men have, either you become george floyd or your son becomes george floyd. we've been wrapping our arms around our sons. yesterday there was a young black girl gunned down, 15 years old. the facts are still coming out. but still, it's a life lost. so for kai, this may sound strange to you, kate, and i think i've said it before, i want kai to be able to be like baron trump, to go out and be a teenager and do crazy tiktok dances that i can't keep up be and love songs by lil baby. i sound old right now. >> you do, and you're, like, 12. >> but instead she has to wear a sign that says your life matters. instead she has to protest in the streets. understand when daddy is down it's because he sees himself in george floyd. we have a long way to go with our children. hopefully i'll leave a better world for them than the one i inherited. >> you are, you will. yeah, thank you, buddy. so good to have this conversation with you. it's the beginning, middle and definitely not the

george floyd, we did it. justice has been served. you know, we just spoke to van jones on this and he said something interesting. justice can happen if we make it happen, he said. this video may have made this verdict happen. could it have happened without it? >> yeah, john. we can only assume this bystander video weighed heavily on the jury's decision. this is a woman, a 17-year-old girl, who saw something that did not look right to her. she pulled out her camera phone, began recording, and then later posted the video to facebook. the whole world saw this video. it incited anger and frustration among people who saw derek chauvin kneeling on george floyd's neck for more than nine minutes. you saw angry. george floyd has become the symbol for racial equality in this country. the young girl testified she wished she could have done something in that moment to help george floyd, but little does she know the difference that this video has made in the trial and thus leading to derek chauvin being convicted on all three charges. think about

relief. >> say his name. >> george floyd. >> say his name. >> george floyd. >> say his name. >> george floyd. >> say his name. >> george floyd. >> george floyd's family. his brother says he can now sleep for the first time in a year. >>> president biden and vice president harris called the floyd family soon after the verdict was announced, the president urging people to confront police brutality and systemic racism. >> i can't breathe. those are george floyd's last words. we can't let those words die with him. we have to keep hearing those words. we must not turn away. we can't turn away. >> once the verdict was read, americans took to the streets in city after city to celebrate the decision. we begin now with adrienne broaddus who's now live in minneapolis. adrienne, what's happening there? >> reporter: it's claalm. we just heard a rattle behind us, but that was a member of the national guard adjusting one of the fences behind us. the barricades and fencing is still in place, but take a look at this. the headline in the "star tribune" this morning sums it all up. it says, "convicted."

i don't want any more george floyds. i don't want there to be any more daunte wrights or ahmaud arberys. we should be able to go, walk free and not be killed because of the shade of our skin color. >> and we are here, so many believe, because of the courage darnella frazier showed that memorial day when she started filming with her cell phone. jim and poppy? >> this was caught on tape and had tremendous impact here. >> we know president biden was watching the verdict as it was delivered in the white house. he is now hoping the guilty verdict could help propel the nation towards policing reform. here's what he told the floyd family in the moments just after the verdict. >> feel better now. nothing is going to make it all better but at least there's some justice. we're going to get a lot more done. we're going to do a lot. we're going to get it done. >> so let's talk about what it takes to get it done. jeremy diamond is at the white house. that's clearly the president's hope. there's a lot of reporting, even from some seni

that's what george floyd -- that's what killed george floyd. that's why he died. believe your eyes. unreasonable force pinning him to the ground, that's what killed him. this was a homicide. you heard this from the experts. the experts weighed in. the doctor told you that mr. floyd died. dr. baker ruled this a homicide and told you the cause and manner of death. the restraint and subdual by law enforcement, what they did killed him. told you that. dr. tobin, remember dr. tobin, told you specifically how it happened. he walked you through that. the affixa. he told you how it happened. dr. tobin explained it wasn't carbon monoxide. no. so you know how george floyd died. and you heard this. but specifically, you know, dr. tobin provided fairly extensive detail and was very clear that george floyd died as a result of a low level of oxygen. low level of oxygen caused the brain injury. and a pea arrythmia which caused his heart to stop. that's not a cardiac vent. it's not that his heart disease, that didn't cause him to die. it was the low level of oxygen. it was the as fixa that caused h

former president george w. bush says that he was shocked by people's reaction to his friendship with former first lady michelle obama. >> i think the one that became more famous is when i gave her the altoid during mccain's funeral. >> yes. >> and it shocked me. we got in the car, and i think barbara or jenna said, hey, you're trending. the american people were so surprised that michelle obama and i could be friends. i think it's a problem that americans are so polarized in their thinking that they can't imagine a george w. bush and a michelle obama being friends. >> you know what i always say? i always say get a friend who does not look like you, and that will help to fix this problem of racism in america. the former president rightfully, rightfully -- or rightly, i should say, pointing out that our nation's polarization can put blinders on something as simple as friendship. and president bush suggesting congress should take those blinders off. he wants lawmakers to tone down the rhetoric and make a deal on im

george floyd had failings. but, please, people, look at him as a human being, and not some-other thing that you don't know any about -- anything about. you don't know his story. he is not one of your neighbors. think about one of your neighbors, who has problems. would you want them to be treated the way george floyd was treated? or a family member? i don't think so. i really don't think so. and that's what i am going to talk about in my open. but, go on. sorry, to pontificate. >> i would have cut you off, if i didn't think it was valuable. i just -- i think that you are putting more faith in people's ability to do this, than i have right now. see the humanity, in george floyd. well, that requires humanity, in the seer. what do you want to see? what do you want to be about? you know, we often say, the minority can't change racism or systemic injustice. the majority has to. >> uh-huh. >> but, does it want to? isn't there a convenience? isn't there a comfort? in being able to excuse anything that an officer does

george floyd tried. he pushed his bare shoulder against the pavement to lift himself to give his chest, to give his lungs enough room in his chest to breathe. but the pavement tearing into his bare skin. as he desperately pushed with his knuckles to make space so he'd have room to breathe, the pavement lacerated, lacerated his knuckles. the defendant stayed on top of him for 9:29. so bdesperate to breathe, he pushed with his face, with had is face. to lift himself. to open his chest. to give his lungs room to breathe. the pavement tearing into his skin. george floyd losing strength. not super human strength. there is no super human strength. that day. there is no super human strength because there is no such thing as a super human. those exist in comic books. at 38th and xhaug a very real place. not super humans. only humans. just a human, just a man lying on the pavement being pressed upon desperately crying out, a grown man crying out for his mother. a human being. and in that time, in that place, whil

>> this was all about george. this was all about the world. people who had been out during a pandemic when covid was out protesting and marching and everybody here that they can't breathe for a reason because they wanted these police officers to be held accountable. so when i seen that tweet, i stood behind it because he used his platform to help elevate why we couldn't breathe. so he's saying they can breathe now. best believe i will stand behind him because we need to stick with each other and stand by in solidarity with each other because we have to stay united to fight for what's right in this world. >> i know, philonise, this has been an incredible journey for you and your family to be thrust in the national spotlight. you obviously didn't choose this. now you're at the forefront of this activism, so tell our viewers what comes next for you? >> i'm going to continue to fight for other victims, because it's like a neverending cycle. so i started an institution for social change and i'm turning my pain into purpose. we're going to get out a

the guilty verdict does not bring back george. but through the family's pain, they're finding purpose so george's legacy will not be just about his death but about what we must do in his memory. >> the vice president kamala harris with the stark truth, racism and injustice, well, can't just be a problem for black people. it's a problem for every american. >> here's the truth about racial injustice. it is not just a black america problem or a people of color problem. it is a problem for every american. it is keeping us from fulfilling the promise of liberty and justice for all. >> from the first black woman vice president to the first black president, barack obama saying today, a jury did the right thing but true justice requires much more. michelle and i send our prayers to the floyd family, and we stand with all those who are committed to guaranteeing every american the full measure of justice that george and so many others have been denied. justice has finally been served. but it is painfully earned justice for floyd family. the

george w. bush chooses his words carefully. that was as direct and critical at i think i've heard him be about the republican party. your take? >> yeah, he's very much in line with where the biden administration is at in terms of the focus on language and not using dehumanizing language about undocumented immigrants seeking asylum or citizenship in this country. the immigration agencies order this week for there to be an official change in the use of language. so it was interesting to hear president bush focus on how we talk about people and the vocabulary that we use and the tone that we use since that seems to be a pretty big focus for this administration right now. >> and also, you know, when you talk about the dehumanizing language, olivia, cnn has learned two u.s. immigration agencies have issued new guidance ordering staff to end the use of terms like illegal alien anda assimilation, words that they had criticized as dehumanizing. why are they doing this? >> well, i think that there's a real focus on a shift in tone. the

and to me he was the first george floyd. that was emmett till. >> wow. >> i did on cnn with debra watts, and she just brought him back to life. people forgot about him. but he was the first george floyd. >> you see other civil rights leaders there, jesse jackson, reverend al, all the verdicts they've seen have gone a different way. the jury has given its answer on this case, but big questions still remain. >> right. like what's next for derek chauvin, for floyd's family, the three other officers charjged i floyd's death, for minneapolis and the country. cnn's adrian brodus is live for us. good morning. what do you think happens next? what is the mood there in minneapolis this morning? >> reporter: the mood this morning is calm. there was a collective exhale after months and months of waiting. what's next for derek chauvin, well, he is in prison and we expect to see a new booking photo today, charged and convicted on all three charges. the most serious charge carrying a maximum sentence of 40 years. but if you add in those ot

floyd for not doing more. >> i saw the officer put a knee on the neck of george floyd. i was sad and kind of mad. >> reporter: a former cashier who accused floyd of paying for cigarettes with a count fit $20 bill testified, too. >> i took it. i knew it was, i was planning to just put it on my tab until i second-guessed myself. as you can see in the video i kept examining it and then i told my manager. >> reporter: soon after police were called. >> george was motion its, limps, and chauvin seemed very -- he was in a resting state. >> we saw you stand willing with your hand on your head for a while, correct? >> correct. >> what was going through your mind during that time period? >> disbelief. and guilt. >> none of the bystanders knew george floyd at the time, only one person who testified this week did. they met at his job years ago when he noticed she was crying. >> floyd had this great deep southern voice, raspy. and he's like, sis, you okay, sis? and i wasn't okay. >> reporter: they dated nearly three years. she testified they shared many things, including an addictio

and he went and prayed at the site where george floyd died. and i asked him, you know, what do you think about what's happened here and how people are reacting? because people were in a celebratory mood. and he said, you know what? they're celebrating too early. there is a lot of work to do. and i think that is the sentiment here. that, yes, we need to let ourselves have some relief and reprieve and take a deep breath and say, okay, this is justice in our eyes. justice happened. and we need to be thankful for that. but really, there's a lot of sorrow and so much more work to be done. the relationship between police and black folks in this country has to be dealt with. and use of force has to be dealt with. >> yeah. this is the beginning. thank you so much, sara. i appreciate it. thanks. >>> joining me now, minnesota state representative john thompson, a friend of philando castille who was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop. this is outside minneapolis in 2016. john, good to see you again. how you doing? >> i'm doing fine. t

and that is, george floyd. who, really, is -- george floyd is -- is -- is every one of us. that's right. i just said it, and i will say it again. george floyd is everyone. he is all of us. he is you. he's me. he was no different, than any of us. we, who live our lives and, go about our days, right? he had highs, he had lows. he had joys, he had pains. did you know that george floyd was a mama's boy? that's right. i know you probably didn't know that, until today. a mama's boy, who was devastated when his mom died. we know that, now, because his girlfriend, courtney beta ross, i should say, told us that. when she took the stand, today, in the murder trial of ex-police officer derek chauvin, accused of killing floyd by kneeling on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. 9 minutes and 29 seconds. showing no empathy, at all. showing no mercy for a man, begging for his life, gasping for air. gasping for breath. i am still trying to process the sheer horror of it all. this is what this case is all about. >> relax. >> i can't breathe. >> what do you want? >> i can't breathe! >> it

joining me now is george floyd's cousin who is the president of the george floyd foundation. i'm so glad that you are here. thank you so much. you doing okay? >> i'm doing wonderful. thank you. >> yeah. you know, it's been so emotional, for so many, since this verdict. really, it's been an emotional year with all that is going on. how are you -- now that you have had this -- had time to have this sink in. did you get any sleep last night? how is the family doing? what's going through your head? >> well, i didn't get any sleep, last night. surprisingly. i think, it was just a, you know, the -- the adrenaline or the rush from, you know, finally, getting the convictions. and we -- so, i tried, several times, to go to sleep, and i just couldn't go to sleep. and by the time i finally did go to sleep, it was time to get up. but i'll take that, any day, over what we have had to contend with for the last year. >> justice or accountability? how do you see this conviction? >> accountability is huge. and i think it's a measure of justice, at the same time. i think, there's still more th

jury considering three separate charges against the former officer in george floyd's death. they could find guilty on all or none of them. as those jurors weigh that decision behind closed doors, the country is preparing for the possibility of unrest including, of course, the twin cities where now more than 3,000 members of the minnesota national guard in addition to police officers are on alert. >> businesses taking steps, you see them boarding up. a lot of different businesses across the area. for more on the jury deliberations, we're joined now by civil rights attorney areva martin and harry litman. i want to begin with a moment you thought was key in the closing arguments. that came from the prosecutor, steve slisher, when he talked about this being just about one officer. just bun about former officer chauvin not being an anti-police prosecution. here he was. >> make no mistake this is not a prosecution of the police. it is a prosecution of the defendant. and there is nothing worse for good police than a bad police:this was not policing. he betrayed the badge. and every

that is where derek chauvin murdered george floyd. that's where we're seeing george floyd's girlfriend. van jones, your reaction to this verdict. >> one down and many, many more to go. but i think about that young girl who brought out her cell phone and stood there in horror not knowing what to do but just holding that phone steady. she did the right thing. all those community members who came and -- and begged and pleaded and talked. they did the right thing, that emt person did the right thing. people called the police, they did the right thing. when the police chief fired the man they did the right thing and when people marched by the millions they did the right thing and part of what i think the message has to be is that we have to get more involved. it started with that young girl. she got involved and then you've got a community stand up and you had a governor step in and take the case and give it to keith ellison to make sure that it was done the right way. this is the beginning of something. it is not the end of anything. this

they will probably also tell us how the family didn't even call george, george. they referred to him as perry. and floyd's sister said he was someone she could turn to when the family was hurting. this week, the family is turning to their faith in the higher power and leaning on each other, especially after hearing some of this testimony. listen in. >> on the right image, you see his knuckle against the tire. and to most people, this doesn't look terribly signature can't. but to a physiologist, this is extraordinarily significant. because this tells you that he has used up his resources and he's now literally trying to breathe with his fingers and knuckles. >> mr. floyd's use of fentanyl did not cause the subdual or neck restraint. his disease did not cause the subdual or the neck restraint. in my opinion, the subdual and the neck restrint was more he could take as a result of those conditions. >> there was no reason to believe george floyd would have died were it not for his encounter with law enforcement. >> as we enter into the third week the family is bracing

let's think back to when george floyd was murdered. think back to the press release that was issued. from the police department. saying, that there was a medical incident. think back to the fact but for us having this young lady who decided to take out her cell phone and have the footage and but for the fact millions of people around the globe marching we would not be here today, so, no, this isn't justice but this is accountability. we have to take some pride and so hope that at least we've gotten that. >> you said something i think it was the summer that really stayed with me, i tried to find it ver bat im, i couldn't, you said to the effect of i think as a parent that the nightmare is something that happens, there's some interaction with police and the next thing you know you're standing next to ben crump, i wonder if you think this verdict reduces the chances of that happening for families? >> i think joey was right in that this verdict practically speaking the number one thing it does it's a deterrent on the street but, again, we

george floyd was clearly in police custody. they established that a use of force was applied at a time when george floyd was refusing to go into the back of the squad car. but they also demonstrated at some point in time a clear demarcation is when force was no longer necessary, no longer proportional. that is at the point in time he was no longer trying to be moved from the car. he was handcuffed and prone. he was unconscious and offering no resistance. they brought this in through a variety of witnesses and those bystanders to those who were actually on the scene to be the testimony through the body cam video of even officers asking and questioning to the paramedics, to the sergeant who said, look, this should have stopped after no force was being used by george floyd. all of these things have been established so far. and so you're ticking off the different elements in the second-degree murder charge, the third degree murder charge, and manslaughter. they're not quite there. but they have established a great deal in the first

there was a crowd, george floyd was on drugs. one of the things i know you've been impressed with, you share that in the case of dr. rich, we're dealing with highly technical medical terms in many cases as they go through the autopsy report and talk about how the heart is constructed, the prosecution has done at least up to this point coming into this week, by the account of both of you, a very good job of making it english, if you will, making it presenceable and acceptable and language the jury can understand, are we still on that path? >> yeah, i think so. mr. blackwell has been very good at asking very clear questions that aren't complicated, and eliciting the kind of response that you would need to have. it's very understandable. he's done that throughout the interviews of the various technical witnesses, and i'm very impressed with it because i think it just adds to the strength of the case. this is incredibly powerful and i didn't see anything in cross-examination that really, you know, damaged any of the testimony that wa

george floyd's brother philones testified today sharing very personal stories about george floyd with the jurors. how meaningful is it for the floyd family that philones was able to testify? >> that might be the most impactful testimony so far, in my opinion. we've heard a lot of technical stuff, excluding the testimony from the witnesses on the scene. that was impactful and showed george floyd as a person and not just a hashtag or somebody we keep talking about things happening to instead of somebody we talk about as a person and a real human being like all of us. >> the judge, peter cahill, says the defense will start its case tomorrow. what is the floyd family bracing for from those arguments? >> like we've talked about in the past, character assassination will be on display and we've seen that in countless cases time and time again when the evidence is not on your side, they go straight to character. we've seen them try to set this up from the beginning of this trial and even before that george floyd was a bad person, that he was on drugs, that he did this and did that to just hid

. >> think of what happened in minneapolis, we talk about george floyd and what his girlfriend said about how they both had pain issues and became addicted. you think of so many artists, artists of all different genres of music who lost their lives and struggled with addiction and some of them we didn't know. did we know about prince having an addiction? >> i never heard of it. so many people do and that's the reason why we keep on saying, people needed to see the humanity of george floyd. it is not a perfect person but nobody is a perfect person. the reason i was smiling when you were saying that because i don't think i have ever seen that picture of dmx with a michael jackson t-shirt on. addiction issue, michael jackson, we lost him and whitney houston. >> yes, and choplin and so many others. adeposition diction is mental h illness. it is not a black thing. we moved way past that where people think well, it is really an inner city thing. no, suburbs are getting devoured and white communities are getting devoured. >> that's when people said oh wow we need to do something about it, it is

that case is going at george floyd. the biggest swing they took at him today was, hey, we've got tape of him from an earlier stop. this is what he does. he doesn't comply. in fact, even when he was on the ground, even when they had the knee on his neck and the guys holding him down, he was still being non-compliant. that was their big swing. the prosecution was ready. let's bring in former federal prosecutor elliot williams and of course former baltimore police commissioner anthony barksdale. here is the exchange that came in response to that argument that george floyd was non-compliant even when he was on the ground when prosecutors got the chance to cross-examine the use of force expert. here is a critical point. >> what part of this is not compliant? >> so i see his arm position in the picture that's posted. >> right. >> you know, a compliant person would have their hands in the small of their back and be resting comfortably, versus he is still moving around. >> did you say resting comfortably? >> laying comfortably.

his knee on george floyd's neck for over nine minutes. what we're expecting this week again is building on that same theme. to include two witnesses, one the chief of police himself. this is going to be a key witness. we know that the chief of police has already come out publicly criticizing chauvin's actions, describing what he did as murder and criticizing the three other ou officers for not stopping chauvin and we'll hear from the chief physician that tried to save george floyd's life. the prosecution said this doctor was also supervising taking blood samples, why is that key? because we know that toxicology reports are important because the defense is trying to turn the table here's and say that it wasn't chauvin's action that's caused floyd's death, but perhaps the fact that floyd may have been under the influence of some kind of drug. so what we're expecting robust questioning from the prosecution. really building on this narrative that chauvin was not operating within the standards of the police department and get more insight into

joining me now, charita tate, george floyd's cousin, and the president of the george floyd foundation. thank you so much for being here. you doing okay? >> i'm doing wonderful. thank you. >> it's been so emotional since the verdict, it's been really an emotional year with all that is going on. now that you have had time to have this sink in, did you get any sleep last night? how is the family doing? what is going through your head? >> well, i didn't get any sleep last night. surprisingly. i think it was just, you know, the adrenaline, the rush from finally getting the convictions. i tried several times to go to sleep, and i just couldn't. but i'll take that any day, over what we've had to contend with for almost the last year. >> justice or accountability. how do you see this conviction? >> accountability is huge. and i think it's a measure of justice at the same time. i think there's still more that needs to be done for sure. but i think having him finally whether he wants to acknowledge that he's accountable or the jurors deliberated and came to the decision that he is guilty of all

george floyd's neck. that's going to be a really tough fact when it comes to intent. >> right, so, the key piece of this is was this -- was this use of force warranted, and cedric, i was listening to you earlier just talking about dignity and, you know, as we talk about this testimony from this paramedic, you know, he was talking about while his partner, his paramedic partner, was examining george floyd for a pulse, checking his pupils, that again, that police officer, derek chauvin, was still on top of him, and just from a law enforcement perspective, is that normal? >> no, it's not normal. and what it's -- and what clearly was absent there was a regard for human life. >> because even in the moments that you're wrestling with someone, and they become still, regardless of what position they may be in, that fight has ended. that struggle has ended. there was just absolutely no reason for his knee to remain on his neck as he became lifeless, and even to the clearly to the other two officers, where was it, o

millions protested george floyd's death last year, as we all remember. you're there and doing an am amazing job for us, i must say. how high are the stakes of this verdict? >> reporter: i can't stress this enough. they couldn't be higher. this is not just a case that had an impact here in minnesota and specifically in minneapolis. this is a case that as you mentioned was a reaction world wide from people who saw the video and just could not square what happened with the officer and george floyd. i should also mention that i had a conversation not long ago today with philonise floyd, who was watching some of this testimony and he talked about the fact he is hoping, he is praying that the jury gives, and these are his words, the family justice, and they see it in a way that their only bit of evidence they feel anyone needed to see is the video evidence taken by a 17-year-old bystander. then you had the police body camera video evidence as well. this family has been watching this video over and over and over again, but so has this city and the rest of the c

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i want to bring in tera brown now, george floyd's cousin and director of the george floyd foundation. tara, thank you so much for joining us. man, that was -- i hate to ask you, but seeing that and reliving that, what does it do to you? >> i literally cried just about every day since the trial started. as you could imagine, it is hard to watch, and it's worse than what we even thought, just having to watch that, and then, you know, the explanations of how certain things happened, it's just devastating to watch. >> he is talking about the last moments that your cousin was trying to breathe, all the difficult days in trial to date, was this the hardest? >> this was one of the hardest. the first day was hard. the third day was extremely hard. today was one of the hardest for sure. >> so he went through how george floyd was doing everything that he could to get air. very difficult to watch. and just yesterday the defense was trying to use george floyd saying, you know, i can't breathe as an argument against him. but, you know, we and the jury can see what happened with our own eyes and we

yes, george floyd is us. i get so much pushback from saying, it's not us because he had this in his past and -- what does that have to do with his encounter with a police officer? what does that have to do with something that you did years ago? what does that have to do with anything? why are you making that excuse? why are you trying to justify in your mind the unhumane treatment of a person by bringing up everything that's happened in their lives. all the negatives. what about the positives? >> right. >> that the people on the stand -- >> his girlfriend did a great job of that. >> we're so happy when we can find love. you never know where you're going to find love. here he was a security guard. he meets her. they find love. they have their very first kiss. no one is talking about that in the courtroom. no one is saying, this is -- he has a mother and a father. he has a family who is mourning. why are you bringing up all the negative things about him. i understand it's a trial. >> yeah. that's what the defen

a short time ago, i spoke with members from george floyd's family. we call him george floyd. they called him by his middle name, perry. i spoke with his cousin from south carolina and his aunt angela who lives here. listen in to part of that conversation. >> well, just being here, seeing all this stuff and the storm and everything, it really don't surprise me that much with police cover-ups, because they always have done that. especially towards black and brown people. the sad thing is that if it wasn't been for that 17-year-old girl darnella, it would have been another black man that was killed by the police, his own fault and they would have said oh, it was drugs, oh, it was this. and we would never have the story. we wouldn't be here today talking. that's the sad thing about it. that, you know, that it took that because the police would have covered up. the wonderful thing about it that she did do it. that girl was brave. she stood there and she held that phone. >> and that day she went to cup foods, her 9-year-old cousin had been saying big cousin, please take me to get s

george floyd was a godly person. yes, he had his personal demons battling with drugs, but so do 20 million plus americans. in america you don't get killed from doing drugs. >> millions of americans protested in honor of george floyd last summer. we all remember what was going on around the entire country. what's your message to all those people following this trial right now? they obviously are so moved, so affected by all of this. >> just stay strong. it's painful to watch. it's painful to hear these excuses. it's painful to hear their own supervisors tell them they shouldn't have done it. justice is coming. we've got faith in this jury. we don't believe they're going to be swayed by the racial inferences they're slipping in, his size and things of that nature. look at the truth. they killed that man. >>> coming up, we're also learning more right now about that controversy surrounding republican congressman matt gaetz including nude photos even as he's under scrutiny by the u.s. justice department. ou've g♪ ♪ i'

. >> george floyd. >> say his name. >> george floyd. >> say his name. >> george floyd. >> i feel relieved today that i finally have the opportunity for hopefully getting some sleep. >> hello and welcome to our special coverage of the derek chauvin verdict. i'm victor blackwell live in new york. it's been called only a step, the first step, but a monumental one on the road to racial justice and police accountability. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin guilty on all three counts against him in the death of george floyd. the verdict has prompted peaceful demonstrations and memorials in minneapolis and other cities across the country. the jury deliberated for a little more than ten hours over two days. chauvin showed no expression as the judge read those verdicts. watch. >> we, the jury in the above entitled matter as to count 1, unintentional second-degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. this verdict agreed to this 20th day of april, 2021, at 1:44 p.m. signed juror foreperson, juror number 19. same caption, verdict count 2. we the jury in the above e

prosecutors are drilling deeper and deeper into the former police officer's use of force against george floyd. and floyd's ultimate death. new testimony, echoing what we heard from multiple current and former police officers who told jurors chauvin's use of force was excessive. an expert telling jurors that chauvin used deadly force in a situation where no force should have been used. the defense trying again to emphasize floyd's drug use as a way to try to explain his death. but witnesses pushed back against the defense's interpretation about what floyd said while been handcuffed. stand by for details. we'll also hear from attorney ben crump. but omar jiminez is standing by. what are the top takeaways after court wrapped up? >> reporter: the latter portion of the day focused on drugs and drug residue found in the car george floyd was in and in the police squad car from that day. one of the state agency investigators testifying they found traced of methamphetamine and others. but most of the day focused on law enforcement and so far, we've heard from at least eight minneapolis police of

i don't want any more george floyds. i don't want there to be any more daunte wrights or any more ahmaud arberys. we should be able to go, while free, and not be killed because of the shade of our skin color. it just made me start an institution called the philonise institution for social change. we're turning our pain into purpose. and i will make sure i see that my brother's legacy because he was a defining moment in time that people will always look at because he's a symbol now because you have to understand, and you can make federal laws to protect the burden which is the bald eagle. you can make federal laws. and george floyd has set the tone for that. >> thank you for joining us. this is a huge day. a momentous day for you. thank you for sharing part of it with us? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> they've been through a lot the last year. >>> just minutes before the derek chauvin verdict came down, there was a deadly police shooting in columbus, ohio. a 16-year-old girl was killed. body camera video shows a chaotic s

you remember how laura said they were trying to that are tray george floyd as hostile. but the bystanders are portraying him as hostile, a hostile angry crowd. what are your constituents saying to characterize this as angry? >> i think people are offended and rightfully so. we're looking at the crowds that were there. supposed crowds. five or six people. people walking by. it was a beautiful day. it was memorial day. people were out and about. the crowds were disturbed because of the, you know, very traumatic situation that they were witnessing. so yeah. the community doesn't really give credibility to that characterization of being, you know, angry, or, and if they were, rightfully so. we were watching -- >> a very good point. that's a very good point. let me ask you another thing. what has this done to the relationship between police and the community. >> well, it has always been challenged between the black community and the community seeking social justice, we've had a number of other high profile nationally attention grabbing, you know, deaths by police force. so t

and it killed george floyd. that force for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, that killed george floyd. he betrayed the badge and everything it stood for. it's not how they're trained. it's not followings the rules. this is not an anti-police prosecution. it's a pro-police prosecution. >> laura, walk through the strategy as a prosecutor trying to win over, all the defense needs is one, trying to win them over? >> it's for the very reason that end of voir dire, they ask them about their views on black lives matter, blue lives matter, because they are aware of the psychology in the united states of america, that gives and extends of a benefit of doubt to police officers. nobody wants to believe that the police officer gets up and puts on his or her uniform and badge and intends to kill someone via torture as described by dr. tobin in this case. you're not going against all police officers here. it's not the state of minnesota versus police. it's the state of minnesota versus derek chauvin. it is a noble profession to be a police officer. this was not one of those noble police officers. it

the king, george vi, he died very early, just in his 50s. both the queen and prince philip expected that they would have many more years, that the queen would come to the throne when she was 40 or so. the duke mid-40s. and he had to give up so much so early. his naval career. it was a difficult thing for such a determined, such an alpha male to then have to walk behind the queen to be the support. but he devoted himself to it absolutely. and his legacy, i think, is one of great devotion to the monarchy and also so many of his causes for veterans and particularly for the environment, his work for the wwf. when prince philip was talking about the importance of conservation it wasn't very fashionable. people didn't know what it was and he brought it to the forefront. now it's so important. and also the duke of edinburgh awards that many people have done in which it really was to try to give young people an idea and a sense of empowerment and enthusiasm and what they could do and couldn't do. went on campaign trips. living for ourselves, which i

launches a probe into policing practices in minneapolis following the conviction of an ex-officer in george floyd's death. >>> president biden touts 200 million vaccine doses given out since he took office. >>> and in other parts of the world, conditions are critical. india has just reported the highest daily increases of cases in the world since the pandemic began. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> the u.s. justice department has now opened a sweeping civil investigation into the policing practices of the minneapolis police department. that announcement from the attorney general comes one day after former police officer derek chauvin was convicted of murder in the death of george floyd. >> the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the minneapolis police department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, including during protests. the investigation will also assess whether the mpd engages in discriminatory condu

that was a substantial cause of george floyd's death. and they can prove this beyond a reasonable doubt. those are the facts in the law. the jurors are human. and to hear the testimony i think is hugely kconsequential. from a veteran law enforcement officer saying i'm an expert this was not appropriate. and the other witnesses hearing about survivors guilt. and how wrenching it's been for a year. this has been a really good week for the prosecution. >> so, what then would be the best of things for chauvin. given what we have heard today. what mite his families best strategy be? >> officer chauvin will try and disprove the three things the prosecution obviously is going to try to prove. chauvin will say this wasn't excessive force. and george floyd was really giving him a difficult time. that he had to subdue him. he's going to try and say he was not in fact the substantial cause of george floyd's death. actually it was george floyd's preexisting condition and drugs were in his system. and he's the defense is also i think going to spend t

it's not just george floyd a name. this is a human being who they knew and loved, and to see this -- and to see him being tortured to death over and over and over again and look at the dignity. look at the dignity. let's stop taking black dignity for granted. let's stop taking black strength for granted. nobody should have to go through this, and this -- this family is a treasure to this country. >> van, we really appreciate getting your perspective on all of this as we all wait and hold our breath for what's about to happen. again, the breaking news. the verdict is in in the derek chauvin and cnn's special coverage against with jake tapper, don lemon and anderson cooper right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper, and we begin with the breaking news. the jury in the trial of derek chauvin has reached a verdict. after about ten hours of dlib ray, the jurors have come to a unanimous conclusion on the three charges against the former minneapolis police officer for the death of george floyd. the verdict will be

despite george floyd being down on the ground. what does that say to you about the mental state of derek chauvin and what it represents? >> yeah. i think it obviously is in stark contrast to the care, compassion, and the reflective remorse that, you know, the witnesses who have taken the stand so far have expressed. those who happened upon the last minutes of george floyd's life. but the business is exactly what he forecasted in his opening statements, and agree with joey jackson. this is an uphill battle for the defense. they forecasted this issue of the size and the concealment of illegal substances in opening statements. and so i guess they decided to go with derek chauvin's immediate response after mr. floyd was taken away in the ambulance, but i do not believe it is carrying the day in contrast from what we're seeing from the eyewitnesss. >> joanna, i know you're not a cop, but you deal with cops in your career. it sounds to me -- i'm just interpreting it from what derek chauvin says, he's a sizeable guy and has to be control

you know george is you, george is me. breonna is you. breonna is me. black humanity is on trial, and we know that if you -- you can't prove your humanity to somebody. it's not a logical deduction. it's a moral perception, and a spiritual communion. so, we've had overwhelming evidence of black humanity. we had it with emmett till. we had it with rodney king. with had it with breonna. sandra. we go right down the -- it's going to be the perception of the evidence. so it's important that it's not a matter of just legality here. we are talking about morality and spirituality. and this is going to be the real challenge. this is why this is a historical moment like it was with emmett, you see? beca because, when you put humanity on trial and black humanity in america, brother, you got a lot of willful ignorance and deliberate blindness and fear and insecurity and anxiety. and it, all, is going to be manifest in how that jury comes out, in relation to black humanity. that's the crucial question, here. >> okay. so, i understand what you are saying. but how do

none of that changes the fact that george floyd is dead. dead. after a police officer kneeled on his neck for nine-and-a-half, excruciating minutes. those nine-and-a-half minutes. that's what matters here. the video of the insurrection? the people, who were injured? what you see on tape? that's what matters, there. but in this case, the defense is trying to convince jurors not to believe what they saw. what we all saw, with our own eyes, and heard with our own ears, for those nine-and-a-half minutes. you're smarter than that. for minneapolis, and for the capitol insurrection, you did see it. don't let 'em gaslight you. they want you to believe that, what happened to george floyd had nothing to do with the police officer kneeling on his neck while he was dying. but shouldn't the use of force have stopped when he was cuffed and on the ground? >> would you agree with the statement, in your custody, in your care? >> yes. >> what does -- what does that mean? >> that means once you take someone into custody, then you're responsible for -- for their car

the george floyd murder trial. this is a trial fundamentally about systemic inequality and the specific lens is policing. the issue of floyd's past drug use came up today, emotional. his girlfriend very forthcoming about her own life and her own struggles as well as her departed beloved. the prosecution wanted you to hear this. why? what does van jones think about this, and what it plays to as a dynamic in our society, next. the harry's razor is not the same. our razors have five german engineered blades designed to stay sharp, so your eighth shave is as smooth as your first. and we never upcharge you for high quality. harry's. available in store and at harrys.com. step up. prep up. to help keep you free from the risk of hiv. descovy for prep. a once-daily prescription medicine... ...that helps lower the chances of getting hiv through sex. it's not for everyone. descovy for prep has not been studied in people assigned female at birth. talk to your doctor to find out if it's right for you. descovy is another way to