>> MEMBERS OF THE JURY I WOULD LAURIE THE VERDICT SAYS THEY WILL APPEAR IN THE CURRENT
RECORDS OF THE 4TH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT. STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF HAPPEN
DISTRICT COURT 4TH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT STATE OF MINNESOTA
PLAINTIVE THIS IS DEREK MICHAEL
CHAUVIN DEFENDANT. VERDICT
COUNT ONE A COURT FOUND NUMBER
27 SEE OR TO 0 1, 2, 6, 4, 6,
WE THE JURY IN THE ABOVE
ENTITLED MATTER 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 2021 AT
ONE 44 PM SIGNED JUROR
FOREPERSON.
SAME CAPTION VERDICT
COUNT 2. WE THE JURY IN THE
ABOVE AND TELL MATTER AS TO
COUNT 2 3RD DEGREE MURDER
PERPETRATING AN EMINENTLY
DANGEROUS ACT FIND THE
DEFENDANT GUILTY. THIS VERDICT
AGREED TO THIS 20TH DAY OF
APRIL 2021. AT ONE
45 PM SIGNED BY JURY FOREPERSON
JUROR NUMBER 19.
SAME CAPTION VERDICT COUNT 3 WE
THE JURY IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED
MATTER AS TO
COUNT 3 SECOND DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER CULPABLE
NEGLIGENCE CREATING AN
UNREASONABLE RISK. FIND THE
DEFENDANT GUILTY VERDICT.
GRETA, THIS 20TH DAY OF APRIL
2021. AT ONE 45 PM. JURY
FOREPERSON
0, 1, 9, MEMBERS OF THE JURY
I’M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU
INDIVIDUALLY OF THESE ARE YOUR
TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS.
PLEASE RESPOND, YES OR NO
JUROR NUMBER 2 ARE THESE YOUR
TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS.
YES. NEITHER OF THESE YOUR TRUE
AND CORRECT ERRORS.
JUROR NUMBER 19 ARE THESE YOUR
TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS.
JUROR NUMBER 27 ARE THESE YOUR
TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICTS.
YES.
♪
YES. ♪ JUROR NUMBER
44. AND THESE YOUR TRUE AND
CORRECT VERDICTS.
YEAH JUROR
♪
NUMBER 52 OF THESE YOUR TRUE
AND RECORDS YET.
JUROR NUMBER 55 FOR THE FUTURE
AND REFEREES YES.
JUROR NUMBER 79 THESE YOUR TRUE
AND CORRECT VERDICTS. YES.
JUROR NUMBER 85 OF THE FUTURE
AND RECORDS. YES.
♪
JUROR NUMBER 89 IS THIS YOU LOSE YOUR BURNS, YES. JUROR
♪
NUMBER 91 OF THESE YOUR TRUE
AND CORRECT VERDICTS. YES.
GERMINATE INTO THE FUTURE AND
♪
AND THE JURY SAYS THEY WANT SO
SEE YOU ALL.
YES, THERE’S THE JURY I FIND
♪
THE VERDICTS AS READ REFLECT
THE WILL OF THE JURY AND WILL
BE FILED ACCORDINGLY.
I HAVE TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF
OF THE PEOPLE THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA FOR NOT ONLY JURY
SERVICE, BUT HEAVY DUTY JURY
SERVICE WHEN I ASK YOU TO DO
NOW IS TO FOLLOW THE DEPUTY
BACK INTO USUAL ROOM AND I WILL
JOIN YOU IN A FEW MINUTES TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TO ADVISE
YOU FURTHER SO ALL RIGHT FOR
THE JURY.
>>MARY BAER: AND YOU JUST HEARD OF DEREK CHAUVIN FOUND GUILTY ON ALL 3 CHARGES
COUNT ONE SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
COUNT TO THIRD-DEGREE MURDER IN
COUNT 3 SECOND-DEGREE
MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF
GEORGE FLOYD.
♪
>> WE KNOW THERE ARE MAXIMUM SENTENCES THEY CAN BE ROLLED OUT IN YOUR SENTENCING IS NOT
WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT AT THIS
BUT CLEARLY VERY IMPORTANT TO
FIND OUT WHAT THE JURY’S
DECISION
WAS HERE AGAIN GUILTY ON ALL 3
OF THOSE CHARGES, THE DEREK
CHAUVIN FACED HERE AND LET’S
GET BACK TO LA TOYA WILLIAM
SHELTON AND IN JEFFERSON LA
TOYA GIVE US YOUR GIVE US YOUR
TAKE NOW.
I THINK
THAT WE KIND OF SAW THIS COMING
I OKAY SO OF COURSE I TRY TO
STAY
AWAY FROM YOU KNOW GIVEN AN
OPINION AND IT TOTALLY JUST BE
A RAW BECAUSE THIS IS A JURY
AND WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY
THINK AND WRITE.
>> BUT AGAIN I TRULY BELIEVE
THAT.
THE STATE DID A VERY GOOD JOB
IN LEE ABOUT ITS
CASE HERE. AND I DID NOT THINK
THAT EVEN WITH THE SMOKE AND
MIRRORS THAT THE DEFENSE
PROVIDED THAT IT WAS ENOUGH TO
PLACE REASONABLE DOUBT IN THE
JURY’S MINDS.
>> WHILE WE’RE TALKING WE’RE
SHOWING YOU WHAT THE MAXIMUM
SENTENCES ARE 4 THESE DIFFERENT
CONVICTIONS IN THE SECOND
DEGREE MURDER. CONVICTION THE
3RD DEGREE MURDER THAT
MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION.
WE’LL SHOW YOU EACH OF THESE
HOW THESE WILL BE DOLED FROM
THE COURT YET TO HAPPEN SO WE
DON’T KNOW THAT QUITE YET.
>> THIS IS TRUE AT THIS POINT IN TIME SINCE HE’S BEEN FOUND GUILTY. OF COURSE HE WILL BE
YOU KNOW TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY AND THEN THE COURT
WILL SET A SENTENCING HEARING
AND WE’LL FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT
WILL HAPPEN TO HIM AT THAT PARTICULAR SENTENCE SAYING WE’RE ALSO HEARING BAIL YOU
KNOW THAT’S WHAT WE’RE HEARING
ARE YOU RIGHT NOW.
>> SO AND THAT’S NO SURPRISE TO
YOU
AS WELL SO IN ORDER TO CONVICT
HIM OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER,
THE JURORS JURORS NEEDED TO
CONCLUDE THAT
HIS RESTRAINT WAS UNREASONABLE
AND THAT HE INTENTIONALLY TOOK
ACTIONS LIKELY TO INFLICT
SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM.
IT DOESN’T REQUIRE PROOF THAT
HE WAS TRYING TO KILL MISTER
FLOYD OR TO INFLICT SUBSTANTIAL
BUT OR
BODILY HARM.
>> BUT THAT THAT IS CORRECT AND
THAT WAS SOMETHING AGAIN THAT
THE
STATE DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF
REMINDING THE JURORS OF THAT
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE
HAVE TO PROVE
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
HAVE TO PROVE AND THIS IS THE
EVIDENCE THAT WE PROVIDE IT TO
PROVE THAT. >>MARY BAER: AND THEN A 3RD DEGREE MURDER THEY HAD TO
CONCLUDE THAT HE COMMITTED A
FELONY ASSAULT ON HIM. ALL
RIGHT THAT WAS THE.
>> THAT 3RD DEGREE MURDER IS
BROUGHT ABOUT THE FELONY MURDER
RULE WHICH MEANS THAT THERE HAD
BEEN AN UNDERLYING FELONY BEING
COMMITTED AND THAT IS THE
ASSAULT.
>>MARY BAER: AND THEN SECOND
DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER THAT MISTER
CHAUVIN KNOWINGLY ACTED IN A
NEGLIGENT MANNER THAT CREATED
AN
UNREASONABLE RISK.
>> AND NEGLIGENT MANNER THAT
CREATED AN UNREASONABLE RACE
AND WHAT THE STATUTE
SPECIFICALLY SAYS IS
CONSCIOUSLY TAKES THE CHANCE OF
CAUSING DEATH OR GREAT BODILY
HARM. AND I’LL TELL YOU IN MY
OPINION OUT OF ANYTHING THEY
WOULD HAVE HAD TO FIND HIM
GUILTY OF
THAT ONE. IF THEY COULD DO IT
NOTHING ELSE IT WOULD HAVE HAD
TO BE THE MANSLAUGHTER AND IT
WAS
9 MINUTES PLUS NOT NOT AND A
HALF MINUTES, NOT AND A HALF
MINUTES SO YOU KNOW MY THOUGHT
PROCESS DURING THAT TIME WAS
EVEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING
OF THE NAT MINUTES BECAUSE YOU
KNOW THE DEFENSE WAS TALKING
ABOUT HOW KEEP THAT HOW EVEN
THOUGH THE CROWD WAS SAYING THE
THINGS THAT THEY WERE SAYING
THEY DIDN’T KNOW THAT HE’D
ALREADY CALLED THE AMBULANCE 5
MINUTES PRIOR TO RIGHT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE 3 MINUTES
FROM THE TIME THAT GEORGE FLOYD
STOPPED BREATHING TO THE TIME
THAT THE PARAMEDICS CAME AT ANY
TIME DURING THAT WERE
YOU NEGLIGENT DID YOU DISREGARD
YOUR DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PERSON THAT WAS IN YOUR CARE
WAS OK. AND YES,
YOU DID.
>> WELL AND SO WHAT WE’RE
FINDING LEAST FOR THOSE 12
JURORS. THE
DEFENSE ARGUMENTS ENOUGH THEY
CLEARLY SAW WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
RIGHT HERE IN TERMS OF DECIDING
ON GUILT AND WE WANT YOU TO SEE
WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE LOCALLY
IN JACKSONVILLE
ERIK AVANIER ONE OF OUR LOCAL
REPORTERS OUTSIDE THE DUVAL
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD BUILDING I
UNDERSTAND
WHERE SOME PEOPLE ARE GATHERING
RIGHT NOW TO DEMONSTRATE.
ERIC WILL GO TO YOU.
>> YES THEY HAD RECENTLY CAME
OUT HERE TO YOU
KNOW I WANTED TO CHANGE THE
NAMES SOME OF THE SCHOOLS HERE
IN DUVAL COUNTY BUT THAT
QUICKLY IN TERMS OF THE PURPOSE
OF BEING OUT REALIZE THAT
THEIR VERDICT. I WAS GOING TO
BE RESCUED JUST MOMENTS AGO
THERE WAS A THUNDEROUS
APPLAUSE. WELL MANY OF THE
PEOPLE THAT WERE OUT HERE WE’RE
AT VERDICT. AND YOU NOT TO SAY YOU KNOW THE PLAYERS ARE HERE WHO IS THE PRESIDENT THE
NORTHSIDE COALITION. YOU JUST
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WAS REALLY
SILENT DURING INDIVIDUALS
DURING THAT MEETING WERE YOU
NERVOUS AT ALL NO NOT AT
ALL AND I BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE
WOULD BE I WANT TO REMIND
EVERYONE WHERE
IT IS.
>> WAS WHETHER IN AMERICA BLACK
LIVES DO WE REALLY DO MATT TO
WE
KNOW NOW THAT THEY WE’VE SEEN
TOO MANY TIMES WHEN BUT HE’S
OFFICERS WALKED AWAY FREE
AND CLEAR HIS BIKE WAS DAMNING
EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM. BUT I’M
HERE TO TELL YOU THE VICTORY.
THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING THE
PEOPLE WHO MARCHED LAST
YEAR AFTER GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH
YOU ARE WITH THE PEOPLE WE
HELPED ORGANIZE THOSE MARCHES
AND I’M HAPPY TO SAY THAT OUR
RALLIES ARE DEMONSTRATIONS
MARCHES.
FINALLY FEEL GOOD FRUIT WE CAME
OUT TO DENOUNCE BUT IT IS GOING
TO HAVE A GAME AND WE HAVE
SEEN THAT THOSE MARGINS HAVE
YIELDED A VERDICT THAT IS IN
FACT
JAHI LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDED TO
HEAR A MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR A
MESSAGE FROM THE GORGE AROUND
THAT EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE
WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED AND THE
DON’T DO AND GO GET IT WOULD BE
PUNISHED ACCORDINGLY WE SAY
BLACK
LIVES MATTER.
>> THANK YOU THANK YOU AND I
WANT TO IF WE CAN BRING THE
CAMERA JUST WANT TO TALK TO
SOMEONE ELSE. THERE’S A WOMAN
HERE I KNOW YOU AND I WE SPOKE
BEFORE THE VERDICT WE’RE ON
LIVE RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU AND I
BOTH BEFORE THE VERDICT, I KNOW
YOU’RE REALLY NERVOUS. I
WATCHED A USB PORT VERDICT
BEING READ YOU A LITTLE MOST IN
TEARS. JUST GIVE ME YOUR
REACTION TO HEARING
THAT VERDICT.
>> THERE ARE A WHITE PERSON BIG
AND IT’S SUPER EMOTIONAL OF I
THINK BECAUSE TOO OFTEN WE
DON’T SEE JUSTICE DELIVERED BIG
SO IN MY HEART I BELIEVE IT WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN AND I KNOW YOU
AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER
ABOUT WE’RE OLD ENOUGH TO
REMEMBER THE RODNEY
THERE WAS VIDEO EVIDENCE AND
THEN OVER TO GO YET THOSE 4
OFFICERS GOT OFF AND I KNOW YOU
ARE THINKING THE SAME THING
LIKE THIS BE HISTORY REPEATING
ITSELF AND HISTORY REPEATED
ITSELF OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN I THINK THERE WERE SOME
ELEMENTS THAT MADE SUCH A BIG
DIFFERENCE WITH THIS THE NUMBER
OF WITNESSES DOCUMENT AND THE COMPANY TO GEORGE FLOYD WHAT WE GOT THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO
KNEW HE HAD DONE WRONG. WE’RE
WILLING TO FINALLY YOU WILL.
TO FINALLY STAND UP
KIND OF VIOLENT WITHIN THE
POLICE FORCE AND THEN WE HE I
THINK MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE
AND THAT WE NEED THAT KIND OF
JUSTICE FOR EVERYBODY WHOSE
LIVES WERE TAKEN FROM THEM WHEN
THEY SHOULD
NOT BE WHAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO
WALK ACROSS THE STREET THERE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE
CARD AND IF THEY HAVE AN
EXPIRED TAG OR A BAD CHECK IT
SHOULD NOT LEAD TO THEIR DEATH.
THE ONLY TIME WE ACTUALLY SAW
JUST TO SERVICE. THANK SO MANY
TO NAME ONE WITH
>> MATTHEW THANK YOU SO MUCH I
KNOW YOU ARE WHAT I SAW OUT
HERE AND A LOOK BACK YOU ARE
ALMOST IN TEARS AND IT WAS JUST
IT WAS THE ONE THING TO DO SOCK
GRAB
ANYTHING NEW.
>> LISTEN TO THAT VERDICT IT
WELL I I MEAN I’M GLAD TO BE
STANDING AMONGST COMRADES TO
HEAR THE VERDICT BUT I’LL TELL
YOU I WAS NOT PHYSICALLY HERE I
WOULD NEVER MADE AND FOR THAT
IT’S TELL ME IT WAS A VISCERAL
EXPERIENCE. YEAH AND I’M
JUST SO AND YET OUR WORK HAS
JUST STARTED I THINK YOU SO
MUCH APPRECIATE YOU. YEAH, SO
BASICALLY WE’RE GOING TO BRING
SICKLY THEY THAT THEY’RE
STARTING THEIR.
>> SO WHAT WE WORE
THEIR DEMONSTRATION WAS PLANNED
EARLIER IN TERMS OF US THE NAME
OF THE CHANGE IN THE SCHOOLS
HERE IN DUVAL COUNTY.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT YOU
KNOW PRIOR TO THE VERDICT BEING
READ YOU KNOW, IT’S PRETTY
QUIET OUT HERE, EVERYONE WAS
KIND OF THE JUST WAITING WHAT
CAN HAPPEN WHAT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN AND
THEN EVENTUALLY THEY TURNED ON
CNN AND A PUMP THAT YOU KNOW ON
THE ON THE LOUDSPEAKERS HERE SO
EVERYONE COULD HEAR IT WAS
REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT
THERE WAS A DELAY, SO I COULD
HEAR IT IN REAL TIME IN MY EAR
PIECE, BUT THEY COULDN’T HEAR I
KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
AND AT
THAT POINT. I JUST KNEW THAT
WHILE WHEN THEY READ THAT
VERDICT OKAY THESE PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO BE PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT
ABOUT THE OUTCOME IN AND THAT
WAS THE CASE AGAIN THERE WAS
JUST AN APPLAUSE, EVERYONE
APPLAUD EVERYONE WAS HAPPY.
I EVEN THINK I SAW A COUPLE
PEOPLE TEARY-EYED BUT THAT’S
WHAT IT’S BEEN LIKE OUT HERE IN
FRONT OF THE DUVAL COUNTY
SCHOOL BOARD BUILDING REPORTING
LIVE ERIK AVANIER CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION. >>MARY BAER: AND THANK YOU FOR THAT ERICA WE WANT TO TAKE YOU
BACK TO THE COURTROOM IN
HENNEPIN COUNTY.
THE COURTROOM THERE TO SHOW YOU
THE MOMENT THAT JUDGE CAHILL
REVOKED BOND. AND DEREK CHAUVIN WAS THEN HANDCUFFED AND LED AWAY.
>> THE BILLS REVOKED BOND IS
DISCHARGED AND THE DEFENDANT IS
REMANDED TO THE CUSTODY.
THEY HAVE BEEN COUNTY SHERIFF
AND THEN FURTHER.