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Derek Chauvin found guilty on all charges

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is expected to appeal his conviction after being found guilty on all charges in the murder of George Floyd.

The jury found Chauvin was:

• Guilty of second-degree unintentional murder
• Guilty of third-degree murder
• Guilty of second-degree manslaughter

Joe Biden said the conviction of Chauvin in the killing of Mr Floyd could be “a giant step forward” for the nation in the fight against systemic racism. But he declared that “it’s not enough.”

Chauvin remains in the maximum security prison there and is currently under “administrative segregation”, otherwise known as solitary confinement, for his safety, a spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Corrections told CNN.

On Wednesday, US Attorney General Merrick Garland launched a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis, which “will assess whether the Minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, including during protests”.

Sentencing was scheduled for 16 June, exactly eight weeks from today.

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• What happened to the other officers arrested over George Floyd death?
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• Derek Chauvin found guilty on all murder charges
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• Who is Derek Chauvin's ex-wife, who filed for divorce after George Floyd's death?

Read The Independent’s updates and analysis below.

Key Points

• Chauvin in solitary confinement 23 hours a day as sentencing set for 16 June
• Derek Chauvin faces up to 40 years in jail after being found guilty on all murder charges
• Chauvin ‘likely to appeal conviction' but odds of overturning verdict are low
• Makiyah Bryant: Ohio police release body camera footage in shooting of 16-year-old
• Painfully earned justice’, says Floyd family lawyer Ben Crump
• Derek Chauvin placed on ‘administrative segregation’ over safety concerns
• US Attorney General launches probe of Minneapolis police

[22 April 2021 00:40 · Justin Vallejo]

Fox, Newsmax, Taylor Greene and Cruz question jury as conservatives cope with Chauvin murder verdict

The verdict, of a kind, is in.

A Minneapolis jury was apparently intimidated into finding Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd for fear of reprisals from BLM mob violence, according to an array of conservative media personalities and lawmakers.

From Newsmax to Fox News, and Marjorie Taylor Greene to Ted Cruz, the so-called party of law and order is questioning whether the criminal justice system is as blind as advertised.