Article 5FY1W ‘America is on trial’: George Floyd family and activists gather outside courthouse

‘America is on trial’: George Floyd family and activists gather outside courthouse

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Amudalat Ajasa in Minneapolis
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Family with civil rights attorney Ben Crump and campaigner Al Sharpton knelt outside as murder trial of Derek Chauvin began

Members of George Floyd's family along with civil rights attorney Ben Crump and campaigner Al Sharpton gathered and knelt in front of the courthouse in Minneapolis on Monday morning as the murder trial began of former police officer Derek Chauvin.

Derek Chauvin is in the courtroom but America is on trial," Sharpton said to the crowd.

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