George Floyd's Family Reacts To Derek Chauvin's Guilty Verdict
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“I was just praying they would find him guilty,” said Philonise Floyd. “As an African American, we usually never get justice.”
After 10 hours of deliberation, a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd, a verdict Floyd’s family met with relief and calls for justice for Black Americans. “The world has seen his life be extinguished, and I could do nothing but watch,” Philonise Floyd, one of George’s brothers, said during a news conference on Tuesday. “Especially in that courtroom, over and over and over again, as my brother was murdered.” “We have to protest because it seems like this is a never-ending cycle,” he added. “I’m not just fighting for George anymore, I’m fighting for everybody around this world. Today we are able to breathe again.”
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