People in Houston's Third Ward watch the verdict announcement.
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People celebrate the verdict outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis.
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A man reacts outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 20, after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty in the death of George Floyd.
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In pictures: Reaction to Derek Chauvin guilty verdict
Updated 2222 GMT (0622 HKT) April 21, 2021
A man reacts outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 20, after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty in the death of George Floyd.
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all three charges in the murder of George Floyd.
The verdict came Tuesday, April 20, after three weeks of testimony in one of the most closely watched cases of the Black Lives Matter era. In a first for Minnesota, the trial was broadcast live in its entirety to accommodate Covid-19 attendance restrictions, giving the public a rare look into the heart of the legal system.
Chauvin was captured on video last May kneeling on the neck and back of Floyd, handcuffed and prone on the street, for 9 minutes and 29 seconds.
Floyd's death set off unrest and mass protests, challenging the ways that police treat Black people in the United States. Though the trial focused specifically on Chauvin and Floyd, the stakes of the case were made clear earlier in April when a police officer in nearby Brooklyn Center was charged with manslaughter after she fatally shot a 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop.