Now to a U.S. trial verdict reverberating across the globe. A jury in Minnesota has returned guilty verdicts on all three counts faced by a former police officer charged with murdering George Floyd.
Floyd's death last May sparked global anti-racism protests and set off a summer of racial reckoning in the United States.
Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday. Floyd, a Black man, died after the white police officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes.
Chauvin pleaded not guilty. His defense team argued he was following his training as a police officer and Floyd's death was the result of heart disease and drug use.
But a jury found him guilty.
President Biden spoke after the verdict, calling systemic racism a "stain on the nation's soul."
Many supporters gathered outside the courtroom and celebrated after hearing the news.
Floyd's death last May sparked global anti-racism protests and set off a summer of racial reckoning in the United States.
Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday. Floyd, a Black man, died after the white police officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes.
Chauvin pleaded not guilty. His defense team argued he was following his training as a police officer and Floyd's death was the result of heart disease and drug use.
But a jury found him guilty.
President Biden spoke after the verdict, calling systemic racism a "stain on the nation's soul."
Many supporters gathered outside the courtroom and celebrated after hearing the news.
◆verdict （陪審の）評決
◆reverberate 響きわたる、反響させる physically incapacitated
◆set off 引き起こす、発端となる、誘発する If a liquid is diluted or dilutes, it is added to or mixes with water or another liquid, and becomes weaker.
◆reckoning 報い、罰 If you endorse someone or something, you say publicly that you support or approve of them
◆defense team 弁護団 If something triggers an event or situation, it causes it to begin to happen or exist.
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