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LIVE UPDATES: Chauvin jury reaches a verdict on second day of deliberations
Judge Peter Cahill said the court is in recess, 'until we hear from the jury'
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The jury in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has reached a verdict on its second day of deliberations.

Minnesota remains on edge as jury deliberations continued Tuesday before deciding the fate of Chauvin, who is charged in the death of George Floyd.

More than 3,000 National Guard soldiers, along with state and local police officers, sheriff's deputies and other law enforcement personnel have flooded Minneapolis in recent days, with a verdict looming in the Chauvin trial, and following the fatal police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in the nearby city of Brooklyn Center.


Prosecutors and defense attorneys ended closing arguments in the Chauvin trial Monday after making their cases to jurors following weeks of testimony amid nationwide concerns over potential unrest that could follow once a verdict is reached.

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said the court is in recess, "until we hear from the jury." Jury deliberation could take hours, days or weeks. The jury consists of six White people and six people who are Black or multiracial.

FAST FACTS
Second-degree murder requires prosecutors to prove Chauvin intended to harm Floyd.
Third-degree murder requires proof that Chauvin's actions were "eminently dangerous" and done with indifference to loss of life.
Second-degree manslaughter requires jurors to believe that he caused Floyd's death through negligence and consciously took the chance of causing severe injury or death.

Defense attorney Eric Nelson voiced concerns over the impartiality of the jury given the media attention the case has received. He also cited comments from Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., who has voiced support for protesters in Minnesota.

"I just don't know how this jury can really be… that they are free from the taint of this," Nelson told the court. "Now that we have U.S. representatives threatening acts of in relation to this specific case. It’s mind-boggling."

Cahill called it "disrespectful to the rule of law and to the judicial branch" for elected officials to comment on the outcome of the case -- but ultimately denied the defense's request to declare a mistrial.

"I'll give you that Congresswoman Waters may have given you something on appeal that may result in this whole trial being overturned," Cahill said.

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[Bob Riebe]

Found guilty on all counts; now we will see if that is appealed which I would bet money on it would.

I heard our Governor's shite faced liberal crock of shite response to the verdict; I hope that SOB dies a miserable death one day.

[Dee]

Here comes the appeal.

[billy_56081]

Found guilty on all counts; now we will see if that is appealed which I would bet money on it would.

I heard our Governor's shite faced liberal crock of shite response to the verdict; I hope that SOB dies a miserable death one day.

Here is a little reported fact about Tim Walz. He was acting Sergeant Major in our local National Guard unit. When our local unit was called up to Iraq, he immediately retired.  He is a coward who abandoned his soldiers.  He only served for the paycheck.