Photos: Relief, joy in the US as ex-cop is convicted in George Floyd murder

rrFormer Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on April 20 of murdering George Floyd, a milestone within the fraught racial historical past of the USA and a rebuke of legislation enforcement's remedy of Black Individuals. In a confrontation captured on video, Chauvin, a white veteran of the police drive, pushed his knee into the neck of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man in handcuffs, for greater than 9 minutes on Could 25, 2020. Chauvin and three fellow officers have been making an attempt to arrest Floyd, accused of utilizing a pretend $20 invoice to purchase cigarettes at a grocery retailer.rr