'America on trial' over George Floyd's death | First Thing

Prosecutors accused the former police officer Derek Chauvin of deliberately killing Floyd and preventing others from administering first aid, in opening statements yesterday. Plus, 90% of Americans will be eligible for a vaccine by 19 April, says Biden

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The trial of a former police officer accused of murdering George Floyd began yesterday, with prosecutors alleging that Derek Chauvin deliberately" killed a defenceless Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes, even after he had stopped breathing. Attorneys accused Chauvin of grinding and crushing him until the very breath, the very life, was squeezed out of him."