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Demonstrators carry a banner during an ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Silent March For Justice in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in March 2021. Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes.

Chauvin admits ‘he knew’ kneeling on George Floyd’s neck ‘was wrong’

The former police officer had already been convicted of murdering George Floyd. Now he has acknowledged he heard bystanders urging him to check Floyd’s pulse but did nothing.

  • Holly Bailey

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Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd.

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in jail for George Floyd’s murder

A Minnesota judge has sentenced former police officer Derek Chauvin to 22½ years in prison for the murder of George Floyd during an arrest last year.

  • Nicholas Pfosi and Jonathan Allen
Minneapolis man Jud Kilgore with wife Katrina and daughter Luna, in George Floyd Square.

From LA riots to justice for George Floyd: America’s reckoning with race

He was in LA for the riots after Rodney King was beaten. Thirty years later Jud Kilgore, his Australian wife and their daughter celebrated the Chauvin verdict.

  • Matthew Knott
“Trump in heels”: Virginia state Senator Amanda Chase.

‘Trump in heels’ candidate says Derek Chauvin verdict makes her ‘sick’

Her comments, captured in a video she posted to Facebook, drew rebukes from state and national Democratic groups.

  • Laura Vozzella
George Floyd’s brother Philonise speaks at a news conference after the verdict.

Guilty was the right verdict in a case that rocked the world

George Floyd’s death has already changed the world. How much, and how enduringly it has changed remains unknown.

  • The Age's View
Derek Chauvin listens as his verdict is delivered on Wednesday.

Who is the ex-police officer found guilty of murder in George Floyd case?

Before he was convicted of murder and manslaughter over the killing of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin had patrolled the streets of Minneapolis for almost 20 years.

  • Stephen Montemayor, Jennifer Bjorhus and Matt McKinney
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Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis to celebrate the murder conviction of former police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd.

Would justice for George Floyd have occurred if not for the video?

I wonder about justice in those police killings that were not, by chance, recorded on a smartphone.

  • LZ Granderson
George Floyd in his security uniform, a still from footage of George Floyd’s death, former police officer Derek Chauvin in court.

Derek Chauvin faces decades in jail for the murder of George Floyd

The former police officer who was filmed kneeling on the neck of the black man last May has been found guilty of two counts of murder and one of manslaughter.

  • Matthew Knott
George Floyd in his security uniform, a still from footage of George Floyd’s death, former police officer Derek Chauvin in court.

As it happened: Derek Chauvin found guilty of George Floyd’s murder

The jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin has found the former police officer guilty on all three charges over the death of George Floyd last year. 

  • Craig Butt and Rachael Dexter
George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd wipes his eyes during a news conference after the verdict.

‘We are able to breathe again’: the emotional speech from George Floyd’s brother Philonise

Philonise Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, had to hold back the tears as he spoke on the courthouse steps after the verdict.

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