>> WE THE JURY IN THE ABOVE
MATTER AS TO COUNT ONE,
UNINTENTIONAL SECOND-DEGREE
MURDER ABOUT COMMITTEE A FELONY
FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.
>> AFTER NEARLY A YEAR OF
PROTEST THREE WEEKS OF
TESTIMONY AND 10 HOURS OF
DELIBERATIONS, FORMER POLICE
OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN FOUND
GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS FOR THE
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESSING
THE NATION TONIGHT THINK
TODAY’S VERDICT COULD BE A
GIANT STEP FORWARD TOWARD
JUSTICE IN AMERICA.
>> RIGHT NOW A CROWD GATHERING
AT THE SITE WHERE GEORGE FLOYD
WAS KILLED FOR A CANDLELIGHT
VIGIL.
ABOUT THREE MILES AWAY FROM THE
COURTHOUSE.
WHERE DEREK CHAUVIN LEARNED HE
COULD GO TO PRISON FOR THE REST
OF HIS LIFE.
LET’S GET TO ÃIN MINNEAPOLIS
WITH THE END OF THE TRIAL
WATCHED AROUND THE WORLD.
>> THE DECISION ECHOES FROM THE
COURTHOUSE.
>> COUNT ONE, UNINTENTIONAL
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER WHILE
COMMITTING A FELONY FIND THE
DEFENDANT GUILTY.
>> TO THE CROWD GATHERED
OUTSIDE.
>> GUILTY!
>> HUNDREDS.
>>.
[BACKGROUND NOISE]
>> CELEBRATING THE VERDICT.
EREK CHAUVIN GUILTY ON ALL
THREE COUNTS SECOND-DEGREE
MANTLE, 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE
MURDER.
>> JUSTICE FOR GEORGE MEANS
FREEDOM FOR ALL.
>> OF THE FORMER MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE OFFICER WAS LED FROM THE
COURTROOM IN HANDCUFFS.
>> IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT.
WHEN WE FINALLY SEE SOMEBODY
GET AN INCH OF JUSTICE.
>> WERE EMOTIONS SPILLED INTO
THE STREETS.
>> DOWNTOWN.
>>
[APPLAUSE]
>> IN THE AREA NOW KNOWN AS
GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE.
>> THE PLACE WHERE HE WAS
KILLED.
>> STOP KILLING OUR BABIES.
>> RAW EMOTION, A MIXTURE OF
OVERWHELMING JOY.
>>
[INAUDIBLE]
>> AND RELIEF.
>> THANK GOD MY CITY WILL NOT
BURN TONIGHT.
THIS IS A NEW DAY.
IT IS SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> IT’S, FINALLY.
SOME LITTLE PIECE OF JUSTICE.
>> JUSTICE ÃBY INTENSE
SECURITY PRINT VISIBLE ACROSS
THE CITY FOR MILITARY VEHICLES
AND MORE THAN 3000 NATIONAL
GUARD THIRD SOLDIERS JOINING
MORE THAN 1500 POLICE AND
FEDERAL AGENTS ON THE GROUND.
THE GOVERNOR INVOKING A
PEACETIME EMERGENCY ORDER AND
AREA SCHOOLS GOING TO VIRTUAL
LEARNING THROUGH AT LEAST THE
END OF THE WEEK.
>>.
[BACKGROUND NOISE] > BLACK
LIVES MATTER.
>> AS A HISTORY LESSON UNFOLD.
>> IN REAL TIME.
IN THE HEART OF THE CITY.
JAY GRAY, MINNEAPOLIS.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE
PRESIDENT HARRIS REACTED
SHORTLY AFTER THE VERDICT WAS
READ.
>> PRESIDENT BINDS AS GEORGE
FLOYD MURDER EXPOSED SYSTEMIC
RACISM IN AMERICA.
AND CALLED IT A STAIN ON OUR
NATION’S SOUL.
HE ALSO SAYS TODAY IS ABOUT
FLOYD’S LEGACY GOING FORWARD.
>> THE GUILTY VERDICT DOES NOT
BRING BACK GEORGE.
BUT, THROUGH THE FAMILY’S PAIN,
THEY ARE FINDING PURPOSE.
SO GEORGE’S LEGACY WILL NOT BE
JUST ABOUT HIS DEATH, BUT ABOUT
WHAT WE MUST DO IN HIS MEMORY.
>> IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING GEORGE
FLOYD MURDER PROTESTERS TOOK TO
THE STREETS ALL OVER AMERICA.
INCLUDING IN DETROIT.
DEMANDING CHANGE IN THE
NATION’S POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> FOLLOWING TODAY’S VERDICT
MANY OF THE SAME PEOPLE WHO
MARCHED FOR WEEKS A MONTH
THROUGH THE STREETS GATHERED IT
ÃHEADQUARTERS TO CELEBRATE.
JASON ÃIS LIVE TODAY.
AND JOINS US WITH MORE.
>> GOOD EVENING KIM.
EVERY MARCH IN PROTEST BEGAN
HERE LAST SUMMER.
THIS REALLY HAD STAYING POWER.
ONE SYMBOL IS THESE BARRIERS
WERE TEMPORARY ALMOST A YEAR
AGO WHEN THE PROTEST BEGAN.
THEY ARE STILL HERE.
ALMOST A YEAR LATER.
WHAT THEY CHANTED THEM AND
FINISHED WITH TONIGHT IN
CELEBRATION WAS THE SAME.
>> SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> AND GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED
LAST MAY 25 AND SPARKED A
MOVEMENT AGAINST POLICE
BRUTALITY AROUND THE COUNTRY.
>> THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE
IN DETROIT.
>> FOR THE WEEKS PROTESTERS
MARCHED IN THE STREETS, JUSTICE
SEEMED UNCERTAIN.
UNTIL TODAY.
>> THE REAL JUSTICE IS ONE THIS
BECOMES THE NORM. NOT THE EXCEPTION.
NOT THE EXCEPTION.
>> TRISTAN TAYLOR AND NIKKI A
WHILE SUBFORM DETROIT WILL
BREATHE.
A DIRECT REFERENCE TO GEORGE
FLOYD.
THE GROUP OF PROTESTERS GREW
DAILY, CLASHED WITH POLICE AT
TIMES AND DEMANDED CHANGE.
>> THE GUILTY VERDICT THAT CAME
DOWN WAS BECAUSE OF THE MOVIE.
NOT BECAUSE OF THE COURSE
PRODUCING THE COURTS NOT TO ITS JOB IN DELIVERING JUSTICE TIME
JOB IN DELIVERING JUSTICE TIME
AND TIME AGAIN.
WHAT WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS
WAS HOW PEOPLE RESPOND.
>> DETROIT POLICE CHIEF CRIED
OFTEN AT ODDS WITH THOSE
PROTESTERS.
IT IS ON THE SAME SIDELINE
TODAY.
>> IT’S A STAIN ON OUR
PROFESSION.
WE HAD TO DEAL WITH WEEKS AND
MONTHS OF AT TIMES VIOLENT
PROTESTS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE
RIGHT THING WAS DONE.
>> WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.
>> WALLACE RALLY THE TROOPS
AGAIN TODAY.
THIS TIME IN CELEBRATION.
>> IT FEELS LIKE A VICTORY.
BECAUSE WE CAME OUT HERE AND
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. IN ORDER TO DEMAND CHANGE.
IN ORDER TO DEMAND CHANGE.
>> AND SHOW, SO IN ORDER TO
DEMAND THAT DEREK CHAUVIN BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
KNOWING THAT IT’S ONLY
HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE FACT
THAT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WE
TOOK TO THE STREETS.
AND WE DEMANDED THAT.
THAT’S A GOOD FEELING.
>> TAYLOR SAYS THE POWERS
MOVEMENT GOES BEYOND GEORGE
FLOYD.
AND THAT’S EVIDENCED BY THE
FACT THAT IN THE DAUNTE WRIGHT
KILLING THE POLICE CHIEF AND
OFFICER INVOLVED ALREADY OFF
THE FORCE PER THE OFFICER IS
ALREADY FACING CHARGES.
LIVE IT DPD HEADQUARTERS, JASON
^ LOCAL 4.
>> LET’S GET TO THE WINTER
WEATHER THAT HAS RETURNED TO
METRO DETROIT.
>> SNOW SHOWERS AND
TEMPERATURES DROPPING IN THE
20S. BEN YOU SAY WE COULD SEE
WIND CHILLS LOWER THAN THAT IN
THE TEENS?
>> YET IT’S GETTING COLD
TONIGHT.
THE COLD THE LAST LONGER THAN
THE SNOW WILL STICK AROUND.
IT’S ON ITS LAST LEGS.
YOU COULD TELL FROM STORM
TRACKER 4 EVEN THOUGH THE SHAPE
DOES NOT LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT
THAN IT DID WHEN WE WERE
TALKING TO YOU AT 5 AND 6 THE
COLORS ARE LIGHTER.
SNOW DEFINITELY HAS LIGHTENED
UP AND NOT ACCUMULATING HIS
PASSPORT AGAIN IT’S MAINLY
AGGRESSIVE SERVICES THAT WE ARE
SEEING UP ARE GENERALLY IT’S
FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW
SHOWERS.
A COUPLE MODERATE SHOWERS IN A
FEW LOCATIONS.
YOU CAN TELL FROM THE
VISIBILITY WHICH HAVE COME UP
SINCE EARLIER TONIGHT, THIS
STUFF IS NOT QUITE AS INTENSE
AS WHAT WE SAW EARLIER IN THE
EVENING.
AT LEAST THROUGH 3:00 A.M. WE
WILL WATCH THE SNOW.
AFTER THAT WE DRIER. SHOULD
STAY THAT WAY MOST OF THE DAY
TOMORROW.
THE EXCEPTION WILL BE IN THE
NORTH ZONE.
SATELLITE ÃAND ST. CLAIR
COUNTIES.
ODDLY ENOUGH SOME SPOTS THAT
WILL NOT SEE THE NOTES TONIGHT
COULD SEE LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS
TOMORROW, LATE WARNING EARLY
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE DONE WITH THE SNOW FOR A
WHILE.
FREEZE WARNINGS TONIGHT AT
MIDNIGHT AND RUN THROUGH 8:00
A.M. THURSDAY.
TWO DAYS THAT ARE COLD.
TOMORROW WE WILL IT WILL BE A
COLDER NIGHT.
A LOOK AT THAT IN A FEW
MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT BEN.
WITH SNOW WRAPPING UP OVERNIGHT
WAKE UP WITH LOCAL 4 NEWS
TODAY.
BRANDON AND PAUL HAVE THE
UPDATED FORECAST AND KIM WILL
WATCH THE ROAD STARTING AT 4:30 A.M.
>>> TROY A DETROIT POLICE
OFFICER RECOVERING AFTER BEING
STABBED SEVERAL TIMES.
AND SHOT UNHAMPERED THAT WAS
LIKELY THE RESULT OF FRIENDLY
FIRE.
>> IT HAPPENED AFTER POLICE
WERE CALLED TO A HOME NEAR
EIGHT MILE AND I-75. MAREN
McDONALD AT DETROIT HOSPITAL.
THE SUSPECT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD
AT THE SCENE?
>> DEVIN, KIMBERLY THE
ACHIEVEMENT SAYS THE MAN WAS IN
THE PROCESS OF STABBING HIMSELF
WITH A VERY LARGE KNIFE.
WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED ON THE
SCENE.
>> OFFICER DOWN.>> POLICE
BLANKETING THE BLOCK OF ÃUP TO
ONE OF THE OFFICERS IS STABBED
AND SHOT.
>> I’M PLAYING A GAME BUT IT’S
THE HOOD.
YOU DON’T THINK ABOUT IT WHEN
YOU HEAR GUNSHOTS.
HEARD GUNSHOTS.
BANG, BANG.
A LOOK AT THE WINDOW, MY ROOM
IS UPSTAIRS.
I LOOKED DOWN HERE I HEARD A
BUNCH OF SIRENS.
>> THE CHIEF BRIEFING US ON
WHAT WENT ON IN THE HOME.
>> WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE
SCENE THE SUSPECT INFLICTED SERIOUS INJURY TO HIMSELF WITH
SERIOUS INJURY TO HIMSELF WITH
A LARGE KNIFE.
VERY HORRIFIC SCENE.
>> OFFICERS WERE TRYING TO GET
THE KNIFE AWAY FROM HIM.
>> AS THEY WERE DOING THAT, THE
SUSPECT BEGAN TO STAB AN
OFFICER SEVERAL TIMES IN THE
LEG.
FEARING FOR THE OFFICES SAFETY
THEY FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS.
THE SUBJECT SUCCUMBED TO HIS
INJURIES.
>> NOT ONLY WAS THE OFFICER
STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE
LEG, THEY BELIEVE THE BULLET
WOUND IN THE HAND WAS FRIENDLY
FIRE.
THAT OFFICER RUSHED TO DETROIT
RECEIVING.
>> PER THE CHIEF THE OFFICER IS
IN GOOD CONDITION DESPITE HIS
INJURIES.
THEY ARE HOPEFUL FOR A FULL
RECOVERY.
AT DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL,
MARA McDONALD, LOCAL 4.
>> GOVERNOR WHITMER RESPONDING
TODAY TO CRITICISM FOR A TRIP
SHE TOOK TO FLORIDA TO VISIT
HER ELDERLY FATHER.
>> IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
WASHINGTON POST THE GOVERNOR
CALLED THE CRITICISM MADDENING.
>> A LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE
WOULD ACCUSE ME OF NOT HAVING
FAMILY VALUES.
IF I DID NOT SHOW UP ON A
FAMILY MEMBER NEEDED SOME HELP
RIGHT?
IT’S A TWO DAY TRIP IT I WAS
NOT OUT PARTYING IN MIAMI.
IT’S A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION
THAN WHAT THEY ARE PORTRAYING.
IT WAS CERTAINLY NOT SPRING
BREAK.
>> I WAS DOING BOTH MY JOB AS
GOVERNOR FROM A DISTANCE AND
BEING THAT OF A DAUGHTER WHO IS
HELPING A PARENT WHO NEEDED A
LITTLE HELP.
>> THE GOVERNOR OFFICE SAID THE
VISIT TOOK PLACE MORE THAN A
MONTH AGO AND TO ASSIST HER
FATHER AS YOU CAN TELL HAS BEEN
BATTLING A CHRONIC ILLNESS.
>> A DEALERSHIP IN ROSEVILLE
TARGETED BY THIEVES FOR THE
SECOND TIME IN A YEAR.
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS A MAN
DRIVING OFF THE LOT AND
EXPENSIVE CARS.
TIM PAMPLIN HAS A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE VIDEO WHERE THE OWNER
LEAVES THE SAME CREW IS
RESPONSIBLE.
>> A LITTLE LATE NIGHT CAR
SHOPPING AND ROSE OPEN IMC AUTO
SALES ALONG ÃNEAR 13 MALL.
THESE BUYERS DID NOT BRING
CASH.
>> SIX GUYS ALL SKINNY.
LOOKED VERY ATHLETIC.
>> ATHLETICISM COMES INTO PLAY
HERE.
THE DEALERSHIP HAD VEHICLES
STOLEN A FEW YEARS BACK.
THEY CAME UP WITH A SCHEME OF
BLOCKING EXPENSIVE CARS WITH
CHEAP ONES.
>> YES.
>> DID NOT WORK THIS TIME?
>> DID NOT WORK.
>> THEY BREAK THE WINDOWS OF
THE CHIEF CARS, PUSH THEM OUT
OF THE WAY.
THEN TIME TO GET DOWN TO
BUSINESS SMASHING TO THE FRONT
DOOR OF THE OFFICE MAKING A
BEELINE FOR THE KEY BOX.
THIS IS NOT THEIR FIRST RODEO.
>> NO THEY SEEM LIKE THEY KNEW
WHAT THEY WERE DOING. >> THEY START PUSHING THE
>> THEY START PUSHING THE
UNLOCKED ÃUNTIL LIGHTS ON
THEIR RIDES INDICATE THE
JACKPOT.
>> ÃAT 40,000.
A CADILLAC ESCALADE VALUED AT
40,000 AS WELL.
>> EIGHT Ã63 CONVERTIBLE
BENDS.
100 GRAND.
>> A DODGE CHALLENGER V6, A
DODGE CHARGER RT.
>> AN IMPRESSIVE HOLE WITH A
PRICE TAG OF.
>> 1/4 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF
CARS THAT WERE GONE IN SECONDS.
>> IN ROSEVILLE WITH THE NIGHT
CAM, TIM PAMPLIN, LOCAL 4.
>> WOW.
OKAY.
TIM, THANK YOU.
>>> STILL HAD A TODDLER SAVES
HIMSELF FROM A NEAR DROWNING
EXPERIENCE.
>> WE HEARD A SPLASH.
>> THE TRAINING THE BOYS MOTHER
SAYS SAVED HIS LIFE.
>> A POLICE CHASE TURNS DEADLY
AT THE GROSSE POINTE PARK
DETROIT WERE.
WHAT LED TO THE DRIVER SPEEDING
AWAY FROM OFFICES.
>> FIRST LOCAL FAITH LEADERS