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>> 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

>> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> 70,000 people, peaceful, all coming out for george. >> we are going to go fight for justice for my daddy. >> there was also this sense of hope, that maybe our numbers will be s wie so ld longer be dismissed when we say, we've got to have change. >> ten months after this incident, after they lost their loved one, the man accused of killing him is finally going to face a jury. >> whether or not you think officer derek chauvin is innocent or guilty, this trial is monumental. it is the trial of the century. pro plan liveclear, ) a breakthrough 10 years in the making that reduces allergens in cat hair and dander. outstanding nutrition with the power to change lives. this is purina pro plan liveclear. i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. ♪ ♪ think you're

. >> george floyd. >> say his name. >> george floyd. >> say his name. >> george floyd. reverend sharpton: before we say anything, we are going to have a prayer. when we first came to minneapolis and went to the site when ben crump called, we remember that he said "i can't breathe" 11 times. the family came, and this family has stood together for the last 11 months, watching this video go 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. [applause] and keith ellison thought and put together a team that made this possible. this is the first time in the history of the state of white police officer has been convicted, less convicted of a murder. this is the first time in a long array of fights that we have seen three counts guilty in all three. we do not find pleasure in this, we didn't celebrate a man goin to jail. we would rather george be alive, bu

floyd, he talked about george floyd as if he was an enemy. not a citizen. an enemy. not a civilian. an enemy. and talked about how derek chauvin kept responding in different ways and had to reassess and figure out what was going on and that angry crowd -- the job of police, said the prosecutor, is to protect with courage, to serve with compassion. and also, david, i just want to talk about that video and sunny hostin so beautifully talked about the history of this and seeing that rodney king video. this video of george floyd was so intimate. it made the difference in this case. and i can't help thinking how many cases are out there where there isn't video. that's the progress this nation needs. that's what we need to see. just a few weeks ago, an army veteran, who was in uniform, was pulled over for some minor violation, he had both hands out the window. you could tell he was terrified. african-american officer in the army and he was pepper sprayed. there is video of that, thankfully he wasn't injured beyond that, but those videos make such a

>> george floyd! >> i am part of a great team of powerful attorneys, i want to acknowledge these great group of lawyers and the family members. two or three of the lawyers will address you and at that time we will hear from the family members before we take any of your questions. i want to acknowledge a great lawyer from chicago illinois -- chicago, illinois, one of the best i have ever had a chance to work with, attorney tony romanucci. i want to recognize my partner on the front line, one of the best lawyers, he hails from atlanta, georgia. attorney chris stewart. his law partner, attorney justin miller. --simmons, attorney jeff starnes, attorney michelle--and who else do we have in here? anybody else? scott masterson who is not present, i said michelle, we got michelle. and just a great group of lawyers. i want to let you know who we have present here with the family here in minneapolis for this historic day. we have george floyd's brothers, the loan us -- the loan is floyd-- philonise floyd, rodne

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 would have room to breathe. the pavement lacerating, lacerating his knuckles. defendant stayed on top of him for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. so desperate to breathe, he pushed with his face, with his 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 was no super human strength that day. there was no super human strength because there's no such thing as a super human. those exist in economic books. 38th and chicago is 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

george, he would always be up on my mom. he was a big mama's boy. i cried a lot but george loved his mom and he was always be up on her and you know, every mother loved all her kids but it was so unique how they work with each other. he would light up on her in the fetus position like he was in the womb. i would see him every day and i would say or i would say parry, we call him perry instead of george and he would always say hold on, let me kiss mama before i come over there and being around him he showed us like how to treat our mom and how to respect our mom. he just loved her so dearly and when george, he found out that my mom was passing because she had to stay with us for hospice and he was talking to her over the phone but she perished before he even came down here so that right there and heard him a lot and when we went to the funeral george just sat there in the casket, over and over again that he would say mama, mama, over and over again. i did not know what to tell them because i was in pain too. we all were hurting. he was this kissing h

george floyd was handcuffed. he had impaired chest movements and placed prone, shoved prone on a sidewalk. the knee is pushing on his neck and back downward. the pavement, the force of the pavement being unyielding, it was like he was in a vice. that he was being squeezed in a vice and he calculated, right, between chauvin, the defendant, officer king pushing down on him approximately 90 pounds of force. and the position and the force combined such that it was if it -- it was as if george floyd's left lung had been surgically removed. that's how much of a reduction of air capacity there was here to the point that mr. floyd was desperately trying to make space to breathe pushing his shoulder, pushing his face against the pavement to lift up to give space to breathe. his lung capacity based on dr. tobin's calculation just being in the prone position even though you heard some studies from the defense saying the prone position isn't dangerous, dr. tobin disagreed. he said that the lung capacity was reduced by 24% ju

it killed george floyd. that force for nine minutes and 29 seconds, that killed george floyd and he betrayed the badge and everything it stood for. it is not how they are trained and it's not following the rules and this is not an anti- police prosecution but a pro police prosecution. the defendant abandoned his values, abandoned the training and killed a man and why? right out in the public, right out in broad daylight, in front of several bystanders as they looked in shock and horror of why and it all started over a call of an alleged counterfeit 20-dollar bill but george floyd's life was taken for something worth far less, far less and you saw the photo and you saw the body language and you can learn a lot about someone by looking at their body language and defendants facing helmick road and they were pointing cameras at him and recording him and telling him in challenging his authority and his ego and his pride, not the kind of pride that makes you do better or be better but the kind of ego -based pride

i also is broke to george's— memory. i also is broke to george's young daughter again. with the — george's young daughter again. with the matter last year and i said this — with the matter last year and i said this before at his funeral, i told said this before at his funeral, itold her said this before at his funeral, i told her how brave i thought— funeral, i told her how brave i thought she was. and i knelt down — thought she was. and i knelt down and held her hand. i said, that— down and held her hand. i said, that he — down and held her hand. i said, that he is— down and held her hand. i said, that he is looking down on you, he's _ that he is looking down on you, he's so — that he is looking down on you, he's so proud. she said to me then— he's so proud. she said to me then and _ he's so proud. she said to me then and i_ he's so proud. she said to me then and i never forget it," daddy change the world". i told her this— daddy change the world". i told her this afternoon that daddy did change the world. let that be did change the world. let that

we have george floyd's— let you know... we have george floyd's brothers. we have philonise floyd, we have rodney floyd, _ philonise floyd, we have rodney floyd, we — philonise floyd, we have rodney floyd, we have brandon williams, who is george _ floyd, we have brandon williams, who is george floyd's nephew but was more _ is george floyd's nephew but was more like — is george floyd's nephew but was more like a son to him. they call him woo— more like a son to him. they call him woo back in the third ward! we have philonise's life... new york, were _ have philonise's life... new york, were you — have philonise's life... new york, were you at? _ have philonise's life... new york, were you at? we got terrence floyd. his sisters, _ were you at? we got terrence floyd. his sisters, who are not with us, but we _ his sisters, who are not with us, but we should absolutely acknowledge, bridgett floyd, who hails from north carolina, his sisters— hails from north carolina, his sisters latonya and, who hail from houston. — sisters latonya and, who hail from

— mother and george when he was ounaer? , , mother and george when he was younger?- permission . mother and george when he was younger?- permission to | younger? yes sir. permission to ublish. younger? yes sir. permission to publish- will— younger? yes sir. permission to publish. will you _ younger? yes sir. permission to publish. will you please - younger? yes sir. permission to| publish. will you please describe this photo and what you know about it? ., �* , , this photo and what you know about it? . �* , , ., this photo and what you know about it? , ., ,, a ., it? that's my mother. she's no loner it? that's my mother. she's no longer with _ it? that's my mother. she's no longer with us _ it? that's my mother. she's no longer with us right _ it? that's my mother. she's no longer with us right now, - it? that's my mother. she's no longer with us right now, but i it? that's my mother. she's no - longer with us right now, but that's my oldest brother george. i miss both of them. i was married in may 24. my brother was killed may 25. and my mum died on may 30. i

it killed george floyd. that force for 9 minutes 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 following the rules. this is not an anti-police prosecution. it's a pro police prosecution. the defendant abandoned his values, abandoned the training and killed a man. and why? right out in the public. right out in broad daylight, in front of several bystanders as they looked in shock, in horror. why? well, this all started over a call of an allege d counterfeit $20 bill. but george floyd's life was taken for something worth far, far less. far less. you saw the photo. you saw the body language. you can learn a lot about someone by looking at their body language. the defendant facing down that crowd. they were pointing cameras at him, recording him, telling him what to do, challenging his authority. his ego, his pride, not the kind of pride that makes you do better, be better, the kind of ego-based pride that the defendant was not going to be told what to do. he was not going to let these by stan

we would rather george be alive. but we celebrate that we, because young people, white and black, some castigated, many that are here tonight, marched and kept marching and kept going. many of them looked down, but they kept marching and wouldn't let this die. and this is an assurance to them that if we dont�* give up, we can win some rounds. but the war and the fight is not over. just two days from now, we're going to have to deal with the funeral of daunte wright in this same county, the same area. we still have cases to fight, but this gives us the energy to fight on, and we're determined that we will fight until we make federal law for george floyd, justice in policing. the trial of macro —— derek chauvin has put renewed focus on experience of a book on americans. the issue has been highlighted by the death of a black man in minneapolis after he was shot by police during a traffic stop. figures show that for african—americans, there's a much higher chance of being fatally shot relative to their overall nu

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

those were 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 we have a chance to begin to change the trajectory in this country. that's my hope and prayer that we live up to the legacy may god bless you and may god bless george floyd and his family thank you for taking the time to be here. this can be a moment of significant change thank you. >> a moment of significant change president biden, vice president harris speaking at the white house on the heels of the george floyd -- the conviction of derek chauvin in the case of george floyd. he mentioned peaceful protests remember, there were so many concerns about what a not guilty verdict might bring well, look what a guilty verdict has brought. this is downtown minneapolis where there are peaceful protests, hundreds gathered. in washington, d.c., a similar scene there. you can hear -- see the dancing in the streets and hear the celebrations this crowd was a bit larger a short time

this bill is part of george floyd's legacy. the president and i will continue to urge the senate to pass this legislation, not as a panacea for every problem, but as a start. this work is long overdue. america has a long history of systemic racism. black americans and black men in particular have been treated , throughout the course of our history, as less than human. black men are fathers and brothers and sons and uncles and grandfathers and friends and neighbors. their lives must be valued, in our education system, in our health care system, in our housing system, in our economic system, in our criminal justice system, in our nation. full stop. because of smart phones, so many americans have now seen the racial injustice that black americans have known for generations -- the racial injustice that we have fought for generations, that my parents protested in the 1960's, that millions of us, americans of every race, protested last summer. here is the truth about racial injustice. it is not just a black america problem or a peopl

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 following the rules this is not an anti police prosecution it's a cruel cli's prosecution. the defendant. abandoned his values abandoned the training and killed a man. and won. right out in the public. in broad daylight in front of several bystanders as they looked in shock in horror why. this all started over a call of an alleged counterfeit $20.00 bill but george floyd's life was taken for something worth far far less far less. you saw the photo you saw the body language you can learn a lot about someone by looking at their body language. defendant facing down that crowd. there pointing cameras at him. recording him telling him what to do challenging his authority his ego his pride not the kind of pride that makes you do better be better the kind of ego based pride. that the defended was not going to be told what to do he was not go

george floyd! george floyd's family thanked the jury and everyone who stood alongside them. today, we are able to breathe again! ms garner, i told you — we'd getjustice. and still, we're going to fight for you, too. we're going to fight for everybody. for many in law enforcement, though, this case represents one individual. they reject the notion that the outcome of the case is a referendum on policing. one of the concerns i have is the magnitude that this case has been brought up to have — that it's somehow going to be viewed as an indictment on our entire judicial system. the verdict that was rendered in this case is not a decision on whether officer chauvin was a racist or is a racist. it's not a decision on whether the minneapolis police department is in need of reform or abolishment. the decision of the jurors in this case was limited to answering the questions submitted to them by the judge, which was whether derek chauvin violated the law as to the three charges that were brought against him. the conviction of derek chauvin may or may not become a catalyst for rea

>> when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad. i look at my brothers, cousins, uncles, they are all black. i have a black brother, black friends. that could have been one of them. there have been nights i stayed up apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting. not saving his life. it's not what i should've done, it's what he should've done. amy: now 18 years old, -- we come back we will spoke to -- feet to mel reeves, plus rishaad robinson -- rashad robinson. ♪ ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. jersey minneapolis have heard another -- jurors have heard another day of testimony in the trial against derek chauvin for the killing of george floyd last may. he is charged with second and third-degree murder as well as manslaughter for killing george floyd. floyd's death sparked international protests. we go to minneapolis to speak with mel reeves, the community editor at the minnesota spokesman-recorder, the oldest black-owned newsp

>> george floyd! >> george floyd! >> george floyd! >> today in minneapolis this is another scene from that same site at that same time, the place where mr. george floyd died last year. this is the moment when the verdict was reached. you will see people here learning it in real time. >> verdict count one, we, the jury, in the above-entitled manner manner as to count one unintentional second-degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty. [ cheers and applause ] >> after the verdict was read not just on that first count, but all three counts, guilty on all three counts, what transpired in the courtroom went quickly. the prosecution asked for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin to be remanded into custody while he awaits sentencing. the judge instantly agreed to that. mr. chauvin then stood, put his hands behind his back. he was handcuffed and he was led away to custody. it is expected that he may appeal, but for now he is jailed awaiting his sentence. the sentencing guidelines suggest the

>> george. >> george? >> george perry floyd. >> we were already trained as kids on what and what not to do. your parents told you, if you see the police, you better not do nothing. you lay on that ground, you lay your hands out. don't do nothing to them. because everybody knew what was going on. >> george floyd grew up in the cuney homes in houston. it's known as one of the notoriously toughest areas in houston. >> cuney homes is one of the largest housing development projects in houston, texas, where george floyd grew up. >> most of the people there are on section eight, are low-income, impoverished. few have jobs. >> poor, poor. poor beyond measure. they didn't have nothing. >> third ward was one of these places where you always saw police officers effecting traffic stops or stopping individuals suspected of having drugs or guns or whatever. so for george floyd, growing up in a place like that, it was a life surrounded by police and by drugs and by violence. >> growing up, our only way out that we though

justice for george floyd what began as a rallying cry has become reality. thinks his crowds who had gathered at george floyd square the site where he was murdered were overcome by emotion. overwhelmed i'm grateful and relieved so i'm i feel grounded i can feel my feet on the concrete i'm super grateful that this is the verdict and that we can now move to the next faith. george floyd slow death has now been seen by millions even while attempting to arrest him last may show been pinned to handcuff floyd to the ground kneeling on his neck for 9 minutes 29 seconds. i can't breathe for some of his final words. floyd's killing on lease one of the biggest waves of protests in u.s. history against systemic racism and police brutality. president joe biden hailed the decision as an important step toward police reform it was a murder in full light of day and to rip the blinders off for the whole world to see. the systemic racism vice president just referred to there are systemic raises this is a nation's soul but it's not enough we can't stop here. in order to live a

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

so george george's legacy will not be just about his death. but about what we must do in his memory. i also spoke to john and george loves jorge's young daughter again. when i met her last year. i've said this before george's general. told about brave. i thought she wasps and i sort of melt down hold her hand should daddy's looking down on you so proud, he said to me that i'll never forget it. daddy changed the world. i told her this afternoon, daddy did change the worldcy, a piece, not violence and justice, peaceful expression. that legacy are inevitable inappropriate, but violent protest is not and there are those who will seek to exploit the raw emotions in the moment, agitators and extremists who have no interest in social justice who seek to carry out violence, destroy property fan the flames of hate and division will do everything in their power to stop this country's march toward racial justice. we can't let them succeed. this is a time for this country to come together to unite as americans. that can never be any safe harbor. for hate

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."

that was george floyd's brother. he is one of two family members in the courtroom throughout all of this trial so far. as i was saying, the second big take away from today was aew police sergeant who is now retired who was essentially george floyd's supervisor i'm sorry derek chauvin's supervisor on the day that george floyd died. he admitted in testimony that the use of force tactic that derek chauvin was using was inappropriate. that you only put a knee on the suspects neck until they are handcuffed and until they are fully restrained. then, you no longer use that tactic. george floyd was handcuffed even before he was put face down on the cement and he was clearly seven minutes into the nine minute video, he was clearly fully restrained. he was dead and had no pulse for multiple minutes. derek chauvin still had his knee on george floyd's neck. the fact that the police commander admitted that was not following police proper protocols was an important take away from today's testimony as well. >> we also heard a lot o

they didn't know george floyd. they didn't _ stop? they didn't know george floyd. they didn't know he had a beautiful family. _ they didn't know he had a beautiful family, they didn't know he had been a great _ family, they didn't know he had been a great athlete and they didn't know he was _ a great athlete and they didn't know he was a _ a great athlete and they didn't know he was a proud father or that he had people _ he was a proud father or that he had people in— he was a proud father or that he had people in his life who loved him. they— people in his life who loved him. they stopped and raised their voices and they— they stopped and raised their voices and they even challenge authority because _ and they even challenge authority because they saw his humanity. they stopped _ because they saw his humanity. they stopped and he raised their voices because _ stopped and he raised their voices because they knew that what they were saying was wrong. they didn't need _ were saying was wrong. they didn't need to— were saying was wrong. they didn't need to bea

george floyd. and you would agree that fentanyl was respiratory to present pretty. >> that is my understanding, yes predict. >> it is close the breathing resulting in lower oxygen levels. >> they can, yes. >> and similarly increasing the carbon dioxins. >> what it would do to carbon dioxide could be outside of the my spoke of my expertise. >> methamphetamine is a stimulant, correct pretty. >> correct. >> and it because of the heart to beat faster. >> correct. >> because of the heart to work harder.au >> yes. >> it causes restriction of the arteries pretty. >> i believe you already asked me that and i would acknowledge that it increases your heart rate in the work of the heart. >> so have you certified that of an overdose pretty. >> hundreds of times a year pretty. >> heavy certified deaths has an overdose where the level of fentanyl was similar to the level of fentanyl and mr. george floyd. >> yes. >> have you done so were levels were lower predict or higher. >> yes. on bothh pretty. >> the lowest

derek chauvinist still had his knee on george floyd's neck while he was not alive george floyd and that nobody was trying to administer any sort of help to george floyd that was a pretty key part of the testimony today i thought because it pretty much lays to rest any possible defense argument that maybe george floyd was still alive and he died later at the hospital or something to that effect that's clearly not the case and that was very clear today in the testimony so i think that was a major takeaway 2nd i think the testimony and you're seeing right now excuse me the family of george floyd coming out of the courtroom i don't know if he can scuse me barbara this is some warriors for the family and also george floyd's brother in the blue suit. how do you feel the trial went today. ok that was they didn't respond when i asked them how how they thought the trial went today they didn't respond but that was george floyd's brother he's one of 2 family members that are in the courtroom throughout all of this trial so far as i was saying barbara i think the 2nd big takeaway from today was the

he was the 1st george floyd yes. but today you have the cameras all around the world to see and show what happened some of brother. it was the most impeach the world seen his life being extinguished and i could do nothing but watch. especially in a court room over and over and over again as my brother was murdered. times they're getting harder every day. 2 miles away from here mr wright done to me right here he should still be here. we ought to always understand it we have to march we will have to do is follow life. we have to protest because it seems like this is a never ending cycle. revenue i'll always told me we gotta keep fighting. i'm a put up a fight every day because i'm not just fighting for joss anymore i'm fighting for everybody around his world. i get calls i get d.m. speedball from brazil from gun from germany everybody learned it in italy they all stand the same thing we won't be able to breed until you are able to breed. today we are able to breathe again. ms gone are told you will get justice and we s

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

floyd -- note on the neck of george floyd -- knelt on the neck of george floyd last may. this is a politically explosive murder trial. how is the biden administration, the white house currently thinking? >> president biden has weighed into this issue for the better part of the past year. candidate biden earlier today ahead of a meeting with congressional members, the president waited into it -- the president waded into it further saying the evidence overwhelmingly cited with one verdict. he did not mention which, but he has been sympathetic to the floyd family. joe: in terms of the broader questions allowed police, legal defenses for police, is there a broader white house plan to address this sort of -- go from a single case to a sort of broader policy push? >> no, you're absolutely right. that is something the administration has been talking about for a while. he plans to reform police, looking at immunity, the militarization of police, etc. what is interesting is he had been under fire from activists in the left wing of his party in recent weeks for their perception tha

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

today it centered on context around any prior george floyd drug use. also that when medical personnel got there, they believed for all intents and purposes that george floyd was dead and then the supervisory sergeant at the time for derek chauvin saying definitively when pressed by prosecutors that he believes derek chauvin used excessive force. >> that moment notable, no question. omar jimenez, thanks very much. let's bring in our legal and law enforcement team. mark o'meara, laura coats. also cnn law enforcement charles ramsey, former top cop in d.c. and philadelphia. welcome to all of you. laura, i want to begin with the testimony from derek chauvin's supervisor, his sergeant. him saying -- he said in no uncertain terms that the force applied by chauvin, the knee in the neck, should have stopped when floyd was no longer resisting. this contradicts the defense to this point saying that he was just following training. how critical was that testimony? >> this was extraordinarily critical to have somebody who is in law enforcement, his supervisor, to re

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shouts of surprise but also relief in george floyd square, outside cup foods where george floyd died last memorial day. and these images of george floyd's family receiving a call from president biden after the verdict, telling the family, quote, nothing is going to make it all better, but at least now, there is some justice. and this image tonight from black lives matter plaza in washington, d.c., across from the white house. a young black man falling to his knees in tears after the verdict. within moments, derek chauvin was placed in hand cups and led away, potentially facing up to four decades behind bars. at this hour tonight, the reaction now coming in from across this country. and the question, what comes next in this nation's reckoning on ration, justice and policing? abc's alex perez leads us off tonight from minneapolis. >> members of the jury, i will now lead the verdict. >> reporter: the jury deliberating just 10 1/2 hours, and with the nation watching, judge peter cahill reading their unanimous verdict. >> we, the jury in the above entitled matter, as to count one, uninten

that's what george floyd that's what killed george would that's why you have believe your eyes. and reasonable force pinning him to the ground that's what killed. this was a homicide. oh you heard this from forensic pathologist the experts you've heard this and their experts who weighed in you know dr langfield told you that mr floyd died dr baker ruled this a homicide told into the cause and manner of death the unlawful restraint and subdual by law enforcement what they did killed him told you that. dr tobin remember dr toben he told you specifically how it happened he walked you through that the. he told you how it happened and the other doctors who testified dr smock dr rich. dr isaacson they told you how it didn't have it. wasn't a sudden cardiac event was a heart attack wasn't a drug overdose wasn't any of those things i doctor told and came back and explained it wasn't carbon monoxide. now so you know how george floyd died. and you heard us in that specifically you know dr tobin provided fairly extensive detail and was very clear that george floyd died as a result of a low

at george floyd square-— people are speaking at george floyd square. larry, thank you much for _ floyd square. larry, thank you much for now. _ floyd square. larry, thank you much for now. we _ floyd square. larry, thank you much for now. we can - floyd square. larry, thank you much for now. we can speak l floyd square. larry, thank you i much for now. we can speak now to suzanne lu band, a supervising attorney. how rare is this affects you? it is extremely _ is this affects you? it is extremely rare - is this affects you? it is extremely rare for- is this affects you? it is i extremely rare for officers is this affects you? it is - extremely rare for officers to be indicted and brought to trial. — be indicted and brought to trial. let _ be indicted and brought to trial, let alone convict. so this— trial, let alone convict. so this is— trial, let alone convict. so this is a _ trial, let alone convict. so this is a real moment in the united _ this is a real moment in the united states for us to be evaluating the outcome of the justice — evaluati

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 would have room to breathe, the pavement lacerateing -- lacerateing his knuckles. the defendant stayed on top of him for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. so desperate to breathe he pushed with his face, with his 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 was 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 and 38th and chicago is 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 t

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 floyd! all: (chant) george floyd! the virus i'm referring to is called racism. for many, it was about the police. in france, protesters recalled the death of adama traore four years earlier, a black man dying in police custody. in new zealand, maoris talked of structural racism. and in brazil, police violence — mostly against black people — brought thousands onto the streets. black lives matter, a phrase and a movement with its roots in america, now swept across more than 60 countries. but this was also about history and a reckoning, especially with empire. in the english city of bristol, the statue of a slave trader was torn down, dumped in the harbour. in belgium, protesters targeted king leopold ii, held responsible for the death of millions in what is now the democratic republic of congo. and with the demonstrations came a powerful gesture. taking the knee wasn't new — the american football player colin kaepernick had first used it to protest police violence in 2016. now, sports men and women around the world followed suit. 0ther faces and other names

first element, the death of george george floyd must be proven. the second _ george floyd must be proven. the second element the defendant caused the death _ second element the defendant caused the death. third the defendant at the death. third the defendant at the time — the death. third the defendant at the time of causing the death of george — the time of causing the death of george floyd was committing our attempting to commit the offence of awe assault in the third degree. it is not _ awe assault in the third degree. it is not necessary to prove the defendant had an intent to cause the death— defendant had an intent to cause the death of— defendant had an intent to cause the death of george floyd but attempted to commit the offence of assault. there _ to commit the offence of assault. there are — to commit the offence of assault. there are two elements of assault. first defendant assaulted george floyd _ that is ininflicting of bodily harm. second. _ that is ininflicting of bodily harm. second, the defendant inflicted substantial bo

we would rather george be alive. but we celebrate that we, because young people, white and black, some castigated, many that are here tonight, marched and kept marching and kept going. many of them looked down, but they kept marching and wouldn't let this die. and this is an insurance to them. the war and the fight is not over. just two days from now, we're going to have to deal with the funeral of daunte wright in the same county, the same area. we still have cases to fight but this gives us the energy to fight on and we're determined that we will fight we make federal law for george floyd, justice in policing. the trial has put renewed the trial of derek chauvin has put a renewed focus on the experience of african—americans when it comes to law enforcement in the us. the issue has also been highlighted by the death of a black man near minneapolis after he was shot by police during a traffic stop. figures show that for african—americans, there's a much higher chance of being fatally shot relative to their overal

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

they slept in the bed with george. i mean, the stories that they tell you know this was a close family. he tells though stories how he used to pee on george. he has become so dignified and articulate and express not just the fight for justice for his family, not just a fight for justice for black america, but he really has become so articulate and saying we have to fight for all americans. mr. philonius floyd. >> my nephew, he calling me baby al. but, man, i feel relieved today that i finally have the opportunity to hopefully getting some sleep. a lot of days that i prayed and i hoped and i was speaking everything into existence. i said i have faith that he will be convicted. there's been a long journey. and it's been less than a year. and the person that comes to my mind is 1955, to me he was the first george floyd, emmitt till. on cnn with deborah watts, she just brought him back to life. people forgot about him. but he was the first george floyd, but today you have the cameras all around the world to see and show wh