ARE
ARE WATCHING OUR LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE. DEREK CHAUVIN, THE FORMER
POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED AND NOW
FOUND GUILTY IN THE MURDER
OF GEORGE FLOYD.
MADISON JOHN KRESSE REACTION
OF THE GUILTY VERDICTS ARE
POURING IN AT THIS MOMENT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN
SACRAMENTO.
LET'S GO OVER WHAT THOSE
CHARGES ARE.
AND SCHAVAN CONVICTED TODAY ON
ALL THREE CHARGES AGAINST HIM
SECOND DEGREE UNINTENTIONAL
MURDER, GUILTY THIRD DEGREE
MURDER GUILTY SECOND DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER GUILTY.
HIS BAIL REVOKED.
HE WAS HANDCUFFED AND TAKEN TO
JAIL.
ABC TEN'S BREEDLOVE IS LIVE IN
DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO RIGHT NOW
WITH LOCAL REACTION TO THE
VERDICT.
>> CHRIS IN CEDAR RAPIDS PARK
IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO, AS YOU
JUST MENTIONED.
>> I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
TAKE A LOOK HERE.
THIS IS THE BROTHER STUFF ON
CLARKES DAVONTE CLARK.
HE IS DOING A GIVEAWAY TO THE
HOMELESS RIGHT NOW.
HE SAYS THIS IS HIS WAY
OF GRIEVING.
SO YOU HEAR THAT MUSIC BACK
HERE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE MUSICIANS
PERFORMING AND JUST A LITTLE
BIT.
THERE ARE FIVE HUNDRED BOXES
OF CLOTHES.
FIVE HUNDRED SHOES.
PEOPLE CAN COME HERE AND TAKE
WHATEVER THEY WANT.
BUT ONE THING I WANT YOU TO
KNOW IS WE WERE STANDING RIGHT
OVER IN THIS AREA.
WYNNS DAVONTE LEARNED OF THE
VERDICT.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LISTEN TO
THAT RIGHT NOW.
FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.
OH, YOUR THAT WAS A LOT
OF EMOTION THAT YOU COULD SEE
RIGHT THERE.
>> HE FELL TO THE GROUND, FELL
TO HIS KNEES WHEN HE HEARD THAT
VERDICT.
NOW HIS MOTHER AND HIS GRANDMA
ARE NOT HERE BUT WE JUST TALKED
WITH 70 A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
HE CALLED HIS MOM ON THE PHONE
IN FRONT OF US, PUT HER ON
SPEAKER SO THAT WE COULD HEAR
WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
SHE JUST KEPT SAYING THANK YOU,
LORD.
THANK YOU, LORD.
JUSTICE.
HE EVEN CALLED HIS GRANDMA.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW SHE'S IN THE
HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW.
HE LET HER KNOW SHE'S.
HE SAYS SHE IS SO HAPPY.
WE'RE GONNA BE OUT HERE WITH
SAVANNAH THIS EVENING FOLLOWING
WHAT'S GOING SEEING WHO'S
COMING HERE AND GETTING MORE
REACTION FOR YOU LATER.
BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO
.
REAL LOVE REPORTING LIVE FOR US
TONIGHT.
OF COURSE STEFFON CLARK WAS
SHOT AND KILLED IN HIS
GRANDMOTHER'S BACK YARD AREA
AND FOR HER NOW TO BE IN THE
HOSPITAL AS THIS NEWS IS COMING
DOWN OF THIS VERDICT IN THE
DERRICK CHAUVIN CASE.
YOU KNOW, THE CLARK FAMILY HAD
SAID ALL ALONG THAT THIS WAS
SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE GOING
TO BE WATCHING AS THERE WAS
SOME JUSTICE TO BE HAD FOR EVEN
THEIR FAMILY.
MADISON YES.
>> OFTENTIMES SAD.
IT WAS HEARTWARMING INDEED.
AND NOW WE WANT TO GO TO AMOS
TANSLEY IN THE HEARTLAND
JOINING US LIVE FROM
SACRAMENTO'S OAK PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS
IS A WIN.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
EMOTIONS WERE DEFINITELY
RUNNING HIGH HERE IN THE HEART
OF OAK PARK.
WE WERE ALSO HERE THE MOMENT
THAT VERDICT WAS READ.
ALL THREE OF THOSE VERDICTS
WERE READ.
WE HEARD CHEERING.
WE SAW HUGGING AND WE HEARD A
COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF
COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY RIGHT
HERE IN THE HEART OF OAK PARK.
I SPOKE WITH A GROUP OF WOMEN
WHO ALL CAME HERE TO WATCH THE
VERDICT COME DOWN TOGETHER.
THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT
NECESSARILY EXPECTING THIS TO
HAPPEN GETTING ALL THREE GUILTY
VERDICTS.
BUT THEY SAY THAT IT FINALLY
FEELS AS THOUGH JUSTICE WAS
SERVED AND THAT THEIR MONTHS
OF MARCHING, PROTESTING AND
SPEAKING OUT OVER THE MURDER
OF GEORGE FLOYD WAS ALL WORTH
IT.
I WANT TO TAKE YOU NOW TO WHAT
THEY HAD TO SAY IN THAT VERY
MOMENT WHEN HE WAS HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TODAY.
>> HE ALSO HIMSELF LEARNED A
LESSON TODAY AND WE WON TODAY
AND THAT'S IT.
AND
AND AGAIN, YOU HEARD IT FROM THERE. YOU HEARD IT FROM THOSE WOMEN.
THEY SAY THAT THEY FELT LIKE
THEY WON TODAY.
THEY SAY THAT THIS WAS A ONE A
WIN FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
BUT THEY DID ALSO SAY THAT
THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT
OF WORK LEFT TO BE DONE HERE IN
THIS COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GONNA HEAR MORE FROM
THOSE WOMEN AND THEIR STORIES
OF HOW THEY WANT THIS COMMUNITY
TO MOVE FORWARD.
COMING UP AT FIVE AND SIX ON
ABC 10.
BACK TO YOU.
LENA, THANK YOU.
LIVE IN OAK PARK TONIGHT FOR US
FOLLOWING THE GUILTY VERDICT
OF DERRICK CHAUVIN, THE
SACRAMENTO KINGS JUST MINUTES
RELEASING THIS STATEMENT SAYING
QUOTE TODAY WE HAVE SEEN
JUSTICE SERVED AND THE RULING
SHOULD BE A MODEL FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY AS IT HAS NOT
BEEN IN THE REALITY FOR SO MANY
OTHER CASES.
THEY GO ON TO SAY THEY CONTINUE
THEIR COMMITMENT TO USE THEIR
PLATFORM TO COMBAT SYSTEMIC
RACISM.
NOW TONIGHT WE KNOW IS THE
FIRST NIGHT FANS ARE BEING
ALLOWED BACK INTO THE STANDS AT
GOLDEN ONE CENTER FOR A GAME
THE KINGS PLAYING MINNESOTA
TIMBERWOLVES TONIGHT AND
ABC TEN'S JOCKEY MALUKA IS LIVE
IN DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN COMMONS
AREA WITH REACTION GIACOMO WELL
MADISON FOR ALL INTENSIVE
PURPOSES THIS LOOKS LIKE
BASICALLY WHAT IT WILL LOOK
LIKE ON ANY OTHER DAY HERE IN
THE DOWNTOWN COMMONS IN FRONT
OF THE GOLDEN ONE CENTER AHEAD
OF A KINGS GAME OBVIOUSLY
TONIGHT THAT GAME BEING
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST
GAME TO BE WELCOMING BACK FANS
IN ALMOST A YEAR BUT ALSO IT'S
THAT GAME AGAINST THE MINNESOTA
TIMBERWOLVES VERY TIMELY COMING
AS THAT TROVAN VERDICT IS
RELEASED.
>> BUT SECURITY IN THE GOLDEN
ONE CENTER REALLY LOOKING LIKE
WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AHEAD
OF ANY OTHER BIG GAME BEFORE
THE KINGS PLAY HERE AT GOLDEN
ONE CENTER SECURITY DEFINITELY
PRESENT BUT NOT APPEARING TO BE
OVERLY DOING IT TODAY.
WE DON'T SEE LARGE POLICE
PRESENCE.
WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
IT APPEARS LIKE FOLKS ARE JUST
PREPARED A BUSINESS AS USUAL
HERE IN FRONT OF THE GOLDEN ONE
CENTER.
>> GIACOMO LUKáREP
FOR US TONIGHT INORTING LIVE DON
SACRAMENTO.
JACOMO, WE THANK YOU.
I SHOULD TELL YOU WE JUST
LEARNED THE PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT WATCHED THE VERDICT
WITH STAFF IN THE PRIVATE
DINING ROOM FOLLOWING THE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VERDICT.
THE PRESIDENT SPOKE TO GOVERNOR
TIM WALZ, THE PRESIDENT, THE
VICE PRESIDENT.
THE FIRST LADY ALSO SPOKE TO
GEORGE LLOYD'S FAMILY FROM THE
OVAL OFFICE.
MEANWHILE, LISTEN TO THIS.
THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO
ADDRESS THE NATION LATER
TONIGHT.
WANT TO SHOW YOU A LIVE LOOK AT
MINNEAPOLIS RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS IS UNOFFICIALLY MADISON
CALLED GEORGE FLOYDS SQUARE AND
REACTION IS STILL COMING IN
FROM MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT.
>> WE WANT TO PLAY YOU NOW THE
VERDICT THAT WAS READ IN THE
COURTROOM ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
MINNESOTA PLAINTIFF VERSUS
DERRICK MICHAEL SHOVEN
DEFENDANT VERDICT COUNT ONE
COURT FOUND THEM OR 27, NANCY
ARE TWO ZERO ONE TWO SIX FOUR
SIX WE THE JURY IN THE ABOVE
ENTITLED MANNER AS TO COUNT ONE
UNINTENTIONAL SECOND DEGREE
MURDER WHILE COMMITTING A
FELONY FIND THE DEFENDANT
GUILTY.
THIS VERDICT AGREED TO THIS
20TH DAY OF APRIL 20 21 AT 144
P.M. SIGNED JUROR FOREPERSON
JUROR NUMBER 19 SAME CAPTION
VERDICT.
>> COUNT TWO WE THE JURY IN THE
ABOVE ENTITLED MATTER AS TO
COUNT TO THIRD DEGREE MURDER
PERPETRATING AN EMINENTLY
DANGEROUS ACT.
FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.
THIS VERDICT AGREED TO THIS
20TH DAY OF APRIL TWENTY TWENTY
ONE AT ONE FORTY FIVE P.M.
SIGNED BY JURY FOREPERSON.
JUROR NUMBER 19 SAME CAPTION.
VERDICT.
COUNT THREE WE THE JURY IN THE
ABOVE ENTITLED MANNER AS TO
COUNT THREE SECOND DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER, CULPABLE
NEGLIGENCE CREATING AN
UNREASONABLE RISK.
FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.
THIS VERDICT AGREED TO THIS
20TH DAY OF APRIL 20 21 AT ONE
FORTY FIVE P.M. THAT IS THE
VERDICT THAT SO MANY WILL
WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT LOCAL
ATTORNEYS ARE ALSO WEIGHING IN
ON THIS VERDICT TONIGHT.
ABC TENDS VAN TWO IS STANDING
BY WITH THEIR REACTION VAN.
>> WELL, OF COURSE WE
INTERVIEWED MARC MARON WHO HAS
BEEN A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY IN
SACRAMENTO SINCE THE 1970S AND
AMONG HIS LARGEST SETTLEMENTS,
50 MILLION DOLLARS FIGHTING
ILLEGAL STRIP SEARCHES IN THE
SACRAMENTO COUNTY JAIL.
AND EVEN JUST LAST YEAR HE
REPRESENTED PROTESTERS WHO TOOK
TO SACRAMENTO STREETS AFTER
GEORGE FLOYDS DEATH AND HE
REPRESENTED THEM AFTER THOSE
PROTESTERS WERE HIT BY RUBBER
BULLETS BY POLICE.
SO MAREIN WATCHING THE DERRICK
TROVAN COURT TRIAL AND THE
VERDICT TODAY WITH A SENSE HE
SAYS THAT THIS WAS MORE OF THE
AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM ON
TRIAL AS WELL.
SO HE'S TELLING HE WAS TELLING
US TODAY HERE AT ABC 10 THAT
WHEN HE FIRST HEARD THE GUILTY
THE GUILTY VERDICTS IN ALL
THREE COUNTS, HIS INITIAL
REACTION WAS THAT AMERICA HAS
CHANGED.
NOW HE THOUGHT BACK TO THE
RODNEY KING CASE WHERE THOSE
OFFICERS WERE ACQUITTED AND HE
SAID THAT YOU KNOW, THIS
VERDICT, THESE VERDICTS TODAY
REALLY SHOWS A CHANGE OF THE
TIMES.
>> THE JURY DID THE WORLD A
GREAT SERVICE HERE.
>> IF ANY OTHER VERDICT I WOULD
HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED I THINK
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
PANDEMONIUM.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR FROM
THE EVIDENCE THAT THIS WAS A A
A MURDEROUS ACT AND WEIGHING IN
HERE SAYING THAT THE JURY HERE
CAME TO THE RIGHT AND A MORAL
DECISION AND THAT THIS REALLY
IS A SIGN OF A HARBINGER
OF THINGS TO COME WHEN IT COMES
TO POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND HE SAID THE FIGHT HERE IS
NOT OVER YET.
HE SAYS THAT THE OTHER OFFICERS
PRESENT WHEN GEORGE FLOYD DIED
WILL SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN TO
JUSTICE.
>> IT IS A STORY THAT WE ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE
BREAKING NEWS THOUGH TODAY THE
GUILTY VERDICT.
DEREK SHELBOURNE TRIAL OUR VAN
TO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT LIVE
LOCAL PERSPECTIVE AND A MADISON
OF COURSE WE ARE GOING