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Collected Item: “Derek Chauvin guilty in death of George Floyd”

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Derek Chauvin guilty in death of George Floyd

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Article

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The jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of all three charges in the murder of George Floyd.

Crowds outside the Minneapolis courtroom and at the location where Floyd was killed chanted "justice" and "Black lives matter" after hearing the verdict.

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Minneapolis, police, police brutality, Derek Chauvin, guilty, murder, George Floyd, justice, Social Justice, BLM, Black Lives Matter, verdict, trial, ASU, HST580

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https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/derek-chauvin-trial-04-20-21/h_17315d217a7f4e20721c8a73d714dc82?utm_content=2021-04-20T22%3A45%3A03&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=video&fbclid=IwAR2ftFL5wIijNIfeXxl4JZaDZoXIL5Z63WS38Bp9NTEpMGS2WB0YjSeuWUM

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Mike Hayes, Melissa Macaya, Melissa Mahtani, Meg Wagner, Veronica Rocha and Joshua Berlinger

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2021-04-21
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