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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was placed in custody after his guilty verdict on all charges was read on Tuesday in the 2020 death of George Floyd.
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It was a dramatic ending to a case that transfixed the world and became the latest flash point in a raging debate about police brutality against the Black community.
The site of George Floyd's death was transformed as he crowd heard the news. Hundreds trickled into the square to hear and celebrate. Some in the crowd wept and embraced.
It was far from a unanimous moment of elation, but many racial equality advocates took a moment to soak in what they saw as a rare instance of justice for Black Americans.
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