Derek Chauvin convicted of murder, manslaughter in the death of George Floyd – By Chao Xiong and Paul Walsh (Star Tribune) / April 20 2021
The fired Minneapolis police officer was immediately taken away in handcuffs.
Jurors convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday of all the counts filed against him — second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter — in the death of George Floyd, who died after being pinned under his knee for more than nine minutes last May.
Chauvin looked stern and glanced around the courtroom as the paper with the verdicts were removed from an envelope and read by Judge Peter Cahill.
The fired police officer had on a paper mask and showed no significant reaction to the results. When his bail was revoked, he stood up, put his hands behind his back, was handcuffed and gave a nod to defense attorney Eric Nelson as he was led out the back door of the courtroom by a Hennepin County sheriff’s deputy.
The Sheriff’s Office said Chauvin was transferred to the Minnesota Department of Corrections. The agency has yet to say where Chauvin will be held pending sentencing. After his initial arrest in the case last year, Chauvin was transferred to the state prison at Oak Park Heights for safety reasons.
