‘Guilty, guilty, guilty’: world’s media react to Chauvin trial verdict
by Peter Beaumont and Sam Jones in Madrid from on (#5GW3N)
Analysis: relief and reflection sweep newsrooms as George Floyd case points to turning point' in US race relations
With intense international interest in the US trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, news organisations around the world had been live blogging the proceedings and were quick to reflect the ruling by the jury.
Most reporting focused on two themes: a sense of relief in the US that the jury had delivered a verdict many judged correct and the question over what it meant for the future of the US's fraught racial relations.
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