WE
WE THE
WE THE JURY IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED MANNER AS TO COUNT ONE AN4@
INTENTIONAL SECOND DEGREE
MURDER WHILE COMMITTING A
FELONY FIND THE DEFENDANT
GUILTY4@ THAT LONG, HARD
PAINSTAKING WORK HAS CULMINATED
TODAY. I WOULD NOT CALL TODAY'S
VERDICT JUSTICE, HOWEVER, WE
THE JURY IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED
MANNER AS TO COUNT TO THIRD
DEGREE MURDER PERPETRATING AN
MANNER AS TO COUNT TO THIRD DEGREE MURDER PERPETRATING AN4@ EMINENTLY DANGEROUS ACT BY THE
DEFENDANT GUILTY AND WE FOUGHT
FOR PUT PERRY FOR JOING4@ SAYING
HIS NAME4@ WE THE JURY IN THE
ABOVE4@ ENTITLED MATTER AS TO
COUNT THREE SECOND DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER AND CULPABLE
NEGLIGENCE CREATING AN
UNREASONABLE RISK FIND THE
DEFENDANT GUILTY CAN'T BREATHE
.I CAN'T BREATHE. THOSE ARE
GE4@ORGE TORZ4@4@ LAST WORDS. WE
CAN'T LET THOSE WORDS DIE
WITHIN YOU SAW ME ON SPEAK MY
MIND I'M A MISSING4@ BUT NOW I
KNOW HE'S A HISTORY AND ONE4@
WHAT A DAY TO BE A CLOSNG OH OH@
OH OH OH OH OH4@ UNFORTUNATE PAT
OF ALL OF IT IS THAT GEORGE
FLOYD IT DOESN'T BRING HIM
BACK. WHAT MAY BECOME HIS
LEGACY IS A CHANGE IN POLICING4@
NATIONWIDE4@ REACTION NATIONALLY
AND HERE AT HOME TONIGHT MANY
OF MINNEAPOLIST4@ AND IN 4@OTHER
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
CELEBRATING A RARE REBUKE4@
OF POLICE VIOLENCE BUT SAYING
THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE IS FAR
FROM OVER. WE APPRECIATE YOU
STAYING UP WITH US ALL NIGHT
SAID I AM. I AM AND I'M WILLING
TO LEAD NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN THE CITY WHO ARE
OVERWHELMED BY THIS TODAY.
GEORGE4@ BOYD'S FAMILY OF COURSE
EMOTIONAL AFTER THAT VERDICT
WAS READ. THEY FEEL HIS COUNTRY
IS CHANGING AND A LOT OF THAT
CHANGE ALL BECAUSE4@ OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO THEIR BROTHER, SON,
FATHER AND FRIEND4@. BUT
PERMANENT CHANGE THEY SAY IS
FAR FROM OVER TODAY4@ ALL ROMIG@
IS SHOWN WHAT HAPPENED TO MY
BROTHER. WE WILL HAVE TO DO
THIS BELEIVE WE HAVE TO4@ PROTET
BECAUSE IT SEEMS4@ LIKE THE NEVR
ENDING CYCLE4@ AND THERE'S A
REASON WHY SOME FEEL THAT WAY
BECAUSE POLICE OFFICERS BEING
CONVICTED OF MURDER IS RARE
POLICE MISCONDUCT4@. EXCESSIVE
USE OF FORCE IS OFTEN SO HARD
TO PUT THE SHOWBAND4@ CASE WAS
INCREDIBLY UNUSUAL. IT WAS THE
FIRST TIME IN MINNESOTA STATE
HISTORY A WHITE OFFICER WAS
CONVICTED OF KILLING4@ A BLACK
MAN. TEN TAMPABAY OR MORE
STAYED ON TOP OF THIS TRIAL4@
FROM GAVEL TO GAVEL. HERE IS
WHAT LED UP TO THIS MONUMENTAL4@
ONE OF THE LAST IMAGES THE
WORLD SAW4@ OF FLOYD WITH HIM
IN HANDCUFFS IN THE PRONE
POSITION STRUGGLING4@ TO BREATHE
.DEREK SULLIVAN'S KNEE PRESSED
INTO HIS NECK FOR NINE MINUTES
AND TWENTY NINE SECONDS. BUT
TODAY WE THOUGHT THE TABLES
TURN AS SELMON THE HANDCUFFS
PLACED ON HIM. WE THE JURY4@
IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED MANNER4@
COUNT ONE UNINTENTIONAL SECOND
DEGREE MURDER WHILE COMMITTING
A FELONY4@ FIND THE DEFENDANT
GUILTY. A FORMER POLICE OFFICER
ENTRUSTED TO PROTECT AND SERVE
LIES AND MINNEAPOLIST NOW A
CONVICTED MURDERER4@ FOR TAKING
ENTRUSTED TO PROTECT AND SERVE LIES AND MINNEAPOLIST NOW A CONVICTED MURDERER4@ FOR TAKINGA
JURY FOUND DEREK SHOWBAND
GUILTY OF SECOND AND THIRD4@
DEGREE MURDER AS WELL AS
MANSLAUGHTER AFTER LISTENING TO
WEEKS OF COMPLICATED TESTIMONY
AND CLOSING ARGUMENT4@ WITH
SIMPLE INSTRUCTION USE YOUR
COMMON SENSE. BELIEVE YOUR EYES
WHAT YOU SAW YOU SAW IT WAS
WHAT THE ENTIRE WORLD SAW
THROUGH THE EYES OF A 17 YEAR
OLD GIRL4@ WHO SHOT THE VIDEO
THAT SPARKED THIS CASE IN MYB4@
STAYED APOLOGIZING AND4@
APOLOGIZING TO HER FOR NOT
DOING MORE4@. THIS YOUNG LADY HD
THE GUMPTION HAD THE THIS
SPIRIT HAD THIS SENSE AND HAD
THE FEARLESSNESS TO UPLOAD THIS
VIDEO BECAUSE SHE4@ IN FACT HAD
SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON THE LAW4@
REALLY SHOWS YOU JUST CAN'T GET
AWAY WITH THIS ANYMORE IF
YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT TO AN
INDIVIDUAL4@4@4@4@ THAT KIND OF
AWAY WITH THIS ANYMORE IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT TO AN INDIVIDUAL4@4@4@4@ THAT KIND OFN
INHUMANE UH GEORGE FORD WHAT
HAPPENED TO THAT MAN THEN
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU?
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND
POSTIIVE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
IN PRISON FOR THAT. THE
EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE WAS
COMPELLING IN THAT NINE MINUTE
TWENTY NINE SECOND VIDEO THAT
WE4@NT AROUND THE WORLD HAD A
HUGE IMPACT. IS THAT WHAT
REALLY WON THE CASE FOR THE
PROSECUTION? IT CERTAINLY
PLAYED A HUGE ROLE. IT DID
SPARK THIS CASE BUT PROSECUTORS
KNEW THEY NEEDED MORE THAN ONE
VIDEO WITH ONE PERSPECTIVE TO
GET A CONVICTION THOUGH THAT IS
WHY EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF VIDEO
EVIDENCE THAT WAS AVAILABLE YOU
SAW FROM FLOYD IN A CONVENIENCE
STORE BEFORE THE ARREST A BODY
CAM VIDEO TO THE BYSTANDER IN A
CAR BEHIND HIM TO THAT CLOSED4@
VIDEO WE SAW PROSECUTORS LEFT
NO PIECE OF EVIDENCE BEHIND4@.
COUPLE THAT WITH SOME REALLY
COMPELLING WITNESS TESTIMONY
AND THAT4@ IS HOW EXPERTS SAY
THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVE THEIR
CASE BEYOND4@4@ A REASONABLE DOT
.NOW WHAT CHAUVINS CONVICTION
BEHIND WE NOW MOVE ON TO HIS
SENTENCING WHICH IS GOING TO
HAPPEN EIGHT WEEKS FROM NOW.
CHILDREN'S BAIL WAS REVOKED SO
HE'LL REMAIN IN POLICE CUSTODY
UNTIL JUDGE PETER CAHILL'S4@
SENTENCING WITH THE GUILTY
CHARGE ON ALL THREE COUNTS. HOW@
COULD HIS PRISON TIME ACTUALLY
BE? LET'S TAKE A DEEPER DOVE.
SO THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR
SHOWING THAT HE COULD FACE FOR
THE STRONGEST CHARGE OF SECOND4@
DEGREE ON INTENTIONAL MURDER IS
FORTY YEARS. THE SECOND CHARGE
IS TWENTY4@ FIVE YEARS TEN FOR
THE THIRD. BUT THE JUDGE WILL4@
LIKELY HAND DOWN CONCURRENT
SENTENCES BECAUSE ALL THREE
CHARGES ARE RELATED TO THE SAME
CRIME4@ IN MINNESOTA THERE'S
SOMETHING CALLED A PRESUMPTIVE
SENTENCE WHICH IS BASED ON THE
CRIME IN THAT PERSON'S CRIMINAL
HISTORY BECAUSE SHOWBAND HAS NO
PRIOR CRIMINAL CONVICTION, THE
SENTENCE FOR SECOND DEGREE
UNINTENTIONAL MURDER IS TWELVE4@
TO HALF YEARS. BUT THE
PROSECUTION COULD REQUEST A
LONGER SENTENCE DUE TO THE
AGGRAVATING4@ FACTORS IN THIS
CASE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FACT
THAT A NINE YEAR4@ OLD CHILD
WITNESSED THERE WERE ALSO THREE
OTHER OFFICERS CHAR4@GED4@
IN GEORGE BOYD'S DEATH AS WELL
.SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR THAT?
THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO STAND
TRIAL TOGETHER4@ IN AUGUST IF
CONVICTED, THE THREE FORMER