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News Articles: Series: America Reckons With Racial Injustice

Attorney General Merrick Garland announces a Justice Department probe of possible patterns of excessive force and discrimination by the Minneapolis Police Department on Wednesday.

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  • Law

DOJ To Investigate Minneapolis Police Over Possible Patterns Of Excessive Force

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the inquiry a day after a jury convicted former officer Derek Chauvin on murder charges in the death of George Floyd.

April 21, 2021
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks alongside members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday following the verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.

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  • Politics

Where Efforts To Overhaul Policing Stand In Congress After Chauvin Verdict

The guilty verdict against the former officer has added new urgency around stalled talks on legislation to ban chokeholds and end qualified immunity for police. But the path remains far from clear.

April 21, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Breslow
The Revs. Jesse Jackson (left) and Al Sharpton (center) and attorney Ben Crump during a press conference Tuesday following the verdict in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis.

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  • Media

Coverage Of Chauvin Verdict Seems As Divided As Nation's Politics

Broadcast and cable news networks showed different approaches to coverage of the Chauvin verdict.

April 21, 2021
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
People celebrate at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial on Tuesday.

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  • National

Activist: Convictions In George Floyd's Death Could Represent 'A Huge Paradigm Shift'

"It would have been unimaginable just even a month ago that something like that was possible," activist and civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong says following Derek Chauvin's murder conviction.

April 21, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Martin and
  • Noel King
Derek Chauvin, seen here in a booking photo, faces sentencing in June. The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death.

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  • National

What's Next For Chauvin And 3 Other Ex-Officers In Cases Over George Floyd's Murder?

Derek Chauvin is scheduled to be sentenced in June. Later this summer, his three fellow former officers are slated to go on trial on charges of aiding and abetting murder.

April 21, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
People gather at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. On Tuesday, police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of two murder charges and one manslaughter charge in the death of George Floyd.

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  • National

'Finally': America Reacts To Chauvin Guilty Verdict

Across the country, jubilation and relief broke out at the guilty verdict for the former Minneapolis police officer. But many people see it as the start of a long fight toward justice.

April 21, 2021
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Philonise Floyd (left) and attorney Ben Crump react after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of Floyd's brother George Floyd

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  • National

Floyd Brothers React To Verdict: 'This Is For Everyone Who Has Been Held Down'

George Floyd's siblings shared their relief and trauma after the guilty verdict of the ex-cop who killed their brother. "The world saw his life being extinguished and I could do nothing but watch."

April 21, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
President Biden delivers remarks Tuesday on the guilty verdict against former police officer Derek Chauvin, as Vice President Harris looks on.

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  • Politics

Biden Says Chauvin Guilty Verdict Can Be 'A Moment Of Significant Change'

"It was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see [systemic racism]," the president said after the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin.

April 21, 2021
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By:
  • Alana Wise
A sign at a June 2020 protest against racial injustice and police violence in Seattle bears the names of people killed by police.

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  • National

Where The Chauvin Verdict Fits In The Recent History Of High-Profile Police Killings

A jury has found Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts he faced over the killing of George Floyd. The outcome was far from guaranteed, as convictions of police officers are historically rare.

April 21, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Crowds erupted in celebration in front of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts.

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  • National

Crowds Erupt In Cheers In Minneapolis After Guilty Verdict

"George Floyd! Justice!" yelled the crowd gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center after the jury convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin.

April 20, 2021
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By:
  • James Doubek
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, looks on after the verdicts were read on Tuesday at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd.

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  • National

Derek Chauvin Found Guilty Of George Floyd's Murder

Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, has been found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

April 20, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama arrive at President Biden's inauguration.

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  • Race

Obamas: Chauvin Jury 'Did The Right Thing' But 'We Cannot Rest'

"We know that true justice is about much more than a single verdict in a single trial," the nation's first Black president and the former first lady said in a statement.

April 20, 2021
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By:
  • Benjamin Swasey
A protester holds a sign across the street from the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on April 6 during the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. The testimony ran for three weeks.

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  • National

Revisiting Key Moments From The Derek Chauvin Trial

The jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd. As the country reacts, NPR revisits key moments from the last three weeks.

April 20, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, here during a news conference Thursday, brought a motion to censure Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., over comments she made at a protest last weekend.

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  • Politics

Democrats Block McCarthy Resolution To Censure Maxine Waters Over Protest Comments

Republicans criticized the California Democrat's remarks urging protesters to "get more confrontational" if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted in his trial.

April 20, 2021
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
Defense attorney Eric Nelson (left) and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listen to Judge Peter Cahill read instructions to the jury before closing arguments Monday.

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  • National

What We Know About The Jurors In The Chauvin Trial

The group is more racially diverse than Hennepin County, Minn., as a whole: Six are white, four are Black, and two identify as multiracial. Derek Chauvin's fate is now in their hands.

April 20, 2021
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