The Trial of Derek Chauvin

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🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On the docket on Monday at a Minneapolis courthouse is the biggest police brutality case in the United States in three decades: the trial of Derek Chauvin, a white former police officer accused of killing George Floyd, a Black man, last year. The case centers on a 10-minute video, shot by a bystander, showing Mr. Chauvin kneeling on Mr. Floyd’s neck. That video reverberated around the world. We look at the contours of the trial and what we know about it so far.

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0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:32.6	This is Daily.
0:35.6	Today, the long awaited trial of the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering
0:48.5	George Floyd.
0:50.3	I spoke with my colleague, Shia Wadawan, about what we've learned so far, about the prosecution,
0:57.5	the defense, and the jury.
1:03.3	It's Monday, March 29th.
1:08.8	Shia Wadawan describe what is happening this morning in Minneapolis.
1:13.3	On the docket in Minneapolis today is State versus Shovon, and that's the trial of Derek
1:21.0	Shovon, the white police officer accused of killing George Floyd, a black man, here
1:28.6	in Minneapolis last summer.
1:31.6	This is arguably the biggest police brutality case in this country, at least in 30 years,
1:38.6	since the trial of the officers who beat Rodney King.
1:41.5	Right, and there are parallels, because what happened to Rodney King in Los Angeles
1:46.3	in the early 1990s was caught on video.
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