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Arradondo testified at trial that Chauvin "absolutely" violated policy and that his actions were not part of the department's training, ethics or values.

Arradondo on Tuesday also thanked jurors for their "immense responsibility and honorable civic duty" and said he respects the verdict. The teenager who recorded the video of George Floyd's death expressed relief and joy Tuesday after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all murder and manslaughter counts against him. Frazier, a bystander who was 17 at the time, recorded the video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck.

At Chauvin's trial, she broke down in tears and said she felt she should have done more. Frazier also wrote in the Facebook post "George Floyd we did it!! Deon J. Jennifer Alford, 46, who lives four blocks from the intersection of 38th and Chicago Avenue, the site where Floyd was killed now known as George Floyd Square, said she felt compelled to come out.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said the conviction of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was "an important step toward justice for Minnesota. But he said that there needs to be systemic reform for areas beyond policing and that support for advancements in areas like well-being, health and homeownership are not universally shared.

They're not only not true if you're Black — it's exactly the opposite," he said. Walz also suggested that the heavy police presence and the National Guard troops deployed for the trial would be demobilized as soon as possible. Dartunorro Clark and Shannon Pettypiece. President Joe Biden called the guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin "a step forward" but also said the nation still has to reckon with systemic racism in all walks of life, including policing.

Biden, in his most direct comments on the case and race in America, noted the police officers who stepped up during the trial to testify for the prosecution in the case "instead of closing ranks. Liz Johnstone and Michael Kosnar. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday that the federal civil rights investigation into Floyd's death is still ongoing after Chauvin's conviction.

This investigation is ongoing. The New York Times reported in February that a federal grand jury had been empaneled and new witnesses called, citing two people with direct knowledge of the investigation. Doha Madani. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison would not specify what kind of sentencing he will seek for convicted murderer Derek Chauvin but told reporters he would push for "a just one.

Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal arrest of George Floyd. Raslan, they say, would bolster the ability of European courts to pursue similar cases while letting war criminals know that they could one day face consequences. But while Mr. Raslan held a high rank in the security services, he was more of a cog than a pillar in the government of President Bashar al-Assad and its vast apparatus of repression. After more than a decade of war, Mr.

They rarely travel abroad, and only to countries they can count on not to arrest them, like Russia, a staunch supporter of Mr. Other potential avenues for justice have also been blocked. Germany is among a few European countries that have sought to try former Syrian officials for war crimes based on universal jurisdiction, the principle of international law that says that some crimes are so grave that they can be prosecuted anywhere.

That is how Mr. Raslan, 58, oversaw a security office and detention center in Damascus during the early days of the war. He entered Germany as a refugee in and lived there legally until the German authorities arrested him in Sentencing to come on February 18th. KimPotterTrial pic. For first-degree manslaughter, the prosecution had to prove Potter caused Wright's death while committing "reckless handling or use of a firearm so as to endanger the safety of another with such force and violence that death or great bodily harm to any person was reasonably foreseeable.

The prosecution had to prove Potter cause Wright's death "by her culpable negligence" for the second-degree manslaughter charge, meaning she "caused an unreasonable risk and consciously took a chance of causing death or great bodily harm" to Wright while using or possessing a firearm.

Potter faces the minimum of 15 years in prison for the first-degree manslaughter charge, according to the Associated Press. The civil rights attorneys representing the Wright family shared a message from the family following the guilty verdict.

They said the traffic stop was "unnecessary and overreaching" and called for a "change in policing, training and protocols. The attorneys now turn to ensuring Kim Potter receives "the strongest and most just sentence possible" and addressing "systematic failures" in the Brooklyn Center Police Department. Daunte Wright's mother, Katie Bryant, gave her reaction of moments Kim Potter's guilty verdict was announced. I kind of let out a yelp because it was built up in the anticipation of what was to come while we were waiting for the last few days.

Now we've been able to process it. We want to thank the entire prosecution team. We want to take community support, everybody that has been in this long fight of accountability with us", Bryant said.

During a press conference following the jury verdict, Ellison said he was reflecting on Daunte Wright's life "and who he could have become. Ellison thanked the jury, the prosecution team and the community for its support during the trial. He added that his thoughts are with Potter and her family at this time, noting that she is "remorseful. He said the prosecution will be calling for a "fair" sentencing for Potter in February and added that Wright's family will give a victim impact statement to "talk about how this tragic incident impacted their lives.

People gathered outside the courthouse were eagerly awaiting the verdict in the Kim Potter trial. After the guilty verdict was announced, the small crowd cheered, waved signs and chanted "Justice for Daunte Wright. As she left, a man identified as Potter's husband yelled "I love you, Kim.