Jury deliberating in case against ex-cop for George Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — The murder case against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd has gone to the jury.
Twelve jurors — six of them white, six Black or multiracial — are beginning deliberations in a city on edge against another round of unrest.
During closing arguments Monday, prosecutors contended that Chauvin squeezed the life out of Floyd by pinning his knee against Floyd’s neck last May, ignoring bystanders, his own training and common sense.
The defense argued that the now-fired white officer acted reasonably and that the 46-year-old Black man died of an underlying heart condition and illegal drug use.
