Minneapolis | Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of killing George Floyd when he knelt on the man’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds, a filmed death that ignited a summer of rage and the greatest racial reckoning in the US since the 1960s.

A jury on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) convicted Chauvin of second-degree murder and lesser charges for cutting off Mr Floyd’s air supply on May 25 last year as he lay handcuffed and begging for mercy. The conviction, which stood out against decades of impunity for most police excessive-force cases, could mean decades in prison for the 45-year-old. Chauvin will face sentencing in eight weeks.

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