After 10 hours of deliberations, jurors found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd last May.
Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Wednesday’s edition of “Closer Look” focuses on what happened during the three-week trial, what Chauvin’s conviction means to communities across the world, police reform and the legislation that could change the standard operating procedures that law enforcement officers currently follow
Show host Rose Scott talks with Page Pate, a criminal defense attorney and a WABE legal analyst, about Chauvin’s trial and the verdict. Pate also discusses how video footage evidence could play a vital role in the upcoming high-profile trials of men accused of killing Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta and Ahmaud Arbery in suburban Brunswick, Georgia.
During the one-hour radio program, professors Illya Davis of Morehouse College, Maurice Hobson of Georgia State University and Nsenga Burton of Emory University reflect on how the eruption of protests following George Floyd’s death connects to the civil rights movement and redefines social justice in the 21st century.
