I appreciate it.

I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime.

We are a nation in waiting no more.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all counts for the murder

of George Floyd.

We the jury in the above entitled matter as to count one unintentional second degree

murder while committing a felony by the defendant guilty.

Count two, third degree murder perpetrating an eminently dangerous act by the defendant

guilty.

Count three, second degree manslaughter, culpable negligence, creating an unreasonable

risk by the defendant guilty.

Second degree murder, the most severe charge and intentional assault that led to death.

A jury of 12 delivering a verdict that an officer of the law wanted to hurt someone

badly and wound up killing them as a result.

This is a precedent-setting verdict and it came quickly like 10 hours.

Now while the video of those heartbreaking nine minutes and 29 seconds, while that was

obvious for many, this result in court against a police officer is very, very unusual.

Police officers are rarely convicted of anything when it comes to use of force, let alone

murder.

Now, to start with, I can't even give you an easy answer to how often because we don't

really keep good data on use of force at the national level.

Just think about what that says about our priorities here.

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