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nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:07 PM Apr 2021

All 3 guilty

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Omaha Steve (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: NPR/The Guardian

Live on NPR now.

The Guardian:

(snip)

The jury found Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, the most serious charge he faced, after concluding that the white former Minneapolis police officer killed the 46-year-old Black man through a criminal assault by pinning him to the ground so he could not breathe properly. A lack of oxygen in turn caused brain damage, heart failure and death, in May last year.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/20/derek-chauvin-verdict-guilty-murder-george-floyd

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All 3 guilty (Original Post) nitpicker Apr 2021 OP
Link? Polybius Apr 2021 #1
Here you go Miguelito Loveless Apr 2021 #4
YES!! GUILTY ON ALL 3 COUNTS!! wnylib Apr 2021 #2
don't wanna nitpick - but links? KG Apr 2021 #3
I dunno about the OP quakerboy Apr 2021 #5
Its a step quakerboy Apr 2021 #6
There is another trial or are other trials for them.. HUAJIAO Apr 2021 #7
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Apr 2021 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Omaha Steve Apr 2021 #9

Polybius

(15,411 posts)
1. Link?
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:09 PM
Apr 2021

No link provided.

wnylib

(21,456 posts)
2. YES!! GUILTY ON ALL 3 COUNTS!!
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:10 PM
Apr 2021

Per NPR live coverage.

KG

(28,751 posts)
3. don't wanna nitpick - but links?
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:10 PM
Apr 2021

quakerboy

(13,920 posts)
5. I dunno about the OP
Reply to KG (Reply #3)
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:31 PM
Apr 2021

But many of us watched/listened to the judge read it out live, im sure.

By now.. any serious news page is going to have it front and center

quakerboy

(13,920 posts)
6. Its a step
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:33 PM
Apr 2021

So whats the deal on Chauvins accomplices? Do they have a separate trial? Are they even in legal jeopardy at this point?

HUAJIAO

(2,385 posts)
7. There is another trial or are other trials for them..
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 06:04 PM
Apr 2021

Omaha Steve

(99,632 posts)
8. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 08:38 PM
Apr 2021

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