Summary
After just ten hours of deliberation, a jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd. Emily and Jon reflect on what this huge moment means.
Correspondent Larry Madowo joins us from the crowded street where George Floyd was murdered and Ron Christie replaces his political hat with his legal hat to tackle your emergency Americanswers.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producer: Natalie Ktena Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | The word historic is used too often, just often to denote something quite interesting. |
| 0:12.3 | But tonight has been historic for America. |
| 0:15.0 | It's just under a year since George Floyd lost his life in Minneapolis and the police officer |
| 0:20.3 | Derek Chauvin, whose knee was on his neck, has tonight been found guilty of his murder |
| 0:26.1 | and led away from court in handcuffs. |
| 0:28.7 | We'll be hearing later from inside the court room in Minneapolis where the trial took place. |
| 0:33.5 | But have a listen to this, the reaction outside the court as the verdicts came in. |
| 0:38.3 | You'll be! |
| 0:39.3 | You'll be! |
| 0:41.3 | You'll be! |
| 0:43.3 | You'll be! |
| 0:45.3 | You'll be! |
| 0:47.3 | You'll be! |
| 0:48.3 | It was quite a moment as the Judge Cahill read out the three counts of murder. |
| 0:54.5 | You saw the murmurs take to the crowd at George Floyd Square, named after the very spot |
| 1:01.9 | where he lost his life, or as we can now say it was murdered. |
| 1:06.5 | And those murmurs from the crowd turned to cheers and then to megaphone's and they even |
| 1:12.0 | brought in people with sign language to explain to those who couldn't hear what had happened. |
| 1:19.9 | Right after the verdict was announced, President Biden and Vice President Harris called the |
| 1:24.6 | Floyd family and that was filmed and shared on social media. |
| 1:28.5 | Hello! |
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