Article 5GVGK Derek Chauvin found guilty of George Floyd’s murder and taken away in handcuffs – video

Derek Chauvin found guilty of George Floyd’s murder and taken away in handcuffs – video

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Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder for killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes, a crime that prompted a wave of protests in support of racial justice in the US and across the world. The jury swiftly and unanimously convicted Chauvin of all the charges he faced - second and third degree murder, and manslaughter - after concluding that the white former Minneapolis police officer killed the 46-year-old black man through a criminal assault by pinning him to the ground so he could not breathe properly. A lack of oxygen in turn caused brain damage, heart failure and death in May last year

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