PHOTOS: Country reacts to Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict in death of George Floyd
Public reaction across the country
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
PHOTO: Court TV via AP, Pool
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin reacts as the verdict was read, finding him guilty of all three counts in the death of George Floyd. (Via CNN, POOL)
PHOTO: POOL
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus listen on Capitol Hill in as the verdict was announced. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
PHOTO: J. Scott Applewhite
London Williams, 31, of Harrisburg, Pa., bursts into tears in Washington, after hearing that Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
PHOTO: Jacquelyn Martin
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
AniYa A motions as she walks through Times Square in New York, while talking on her cell phone. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
PHOTO: Seth Wenig
Joseph Ravago wipes tears from the eyes of Kamaile Elderts in Washington after the verdict was announced. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
PHOTO: Alex Brandon
Ingrid Noel, 51, left, weeps on the shoulder of Robert Bolden, at a rally outside the Barclays Center on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
PHOTO: Brittainy Newman / AP Photo
Philonise Floyd and Attorney Ben Crump, from left, react after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
PHOTO: Julio Cortez
President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the White House in Washington, after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
PHOTO: Evan Vucci
People gather at Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People gather at Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
A person reacts near Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
A moment of silence was held Tuesday night by demonstrators gathered at the George Floyd mural in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo credit: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald)
PHOTO: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald
A moment of silence was held Tuesday night by demonstrators gathered at the George Floyd mural in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo credit: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald)
PHOTO: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald
Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks near Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
A demonstrator places flowers at a memorial outside Cup Foods as supporters gather to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
Demonstrators gather around the pavement where George Floyd was murdered outside Cup Foods to celebrate the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in his death, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
Sherri Burks, right, and Dominic Fawcett dance at the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Los Angeles, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
PHOTO: Jae C. Hong
George Floyd's name is written on a sidewalk near the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
PHOTO: Jae C. Hong
A crowd is seen at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
PHOTO: Julio Cortez
A crowd gathers next to the spot where George Floyd was murdered at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
PHOTO: Julio Cortez
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
PHOTO: Court TV via AP, Pool
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin reacts as the verdict was read, finding him guilty of all three counts in the death of George Floyd. (Via CNN, POOL)
PHOTO: POOL
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus listen on Capitol Hill in as the verdict was announced. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
PHOTO: J. Scott Applewhite
London Williams, 31, of Harrisburg, Pa., bursts into tears in Washington, after hearing that Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
PHOTO: Jacquelyn Martin
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
AniYa A motions as she walks through Times Square in New York, while talking on her cell phone. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
PHOTO: Seth Wenig
Joseph Ravago wipes tears from the eyes of Kamaile Elderts in Washington after the verdict was announced. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
PHOTO: Alex Brandon
Ingrid Noel, 51, left, weeps on the shoulder of Robert Bolden, at a rally outside the Barclays Center on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
PHOTO: Brittainy Newman / AP Photo
Philonise Floyd and Attorney Ben Crump, from left, react after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
PHOTO: Julio Cortez
President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the White House in Washington, after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
PHOTO: Evan Vucci
People gather at Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People gather at Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
A person reacts near Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
A moment of silence was held Tuesday night by demonstrators gathered at the George Floyd mural in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo credit: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald)
PHOTO: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald
A moment of silence was held Tuesday night by demonstrators gathered at the George Floyd mural in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo credit: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald)
PHOTO: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald
Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks near Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
A demonstrator places flowers at a memorial outside Cup Foods as supporters gather to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
Demonstrators gather around the pavement where George Floyd was murdered outside Cup Foods to celebrate the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in his death, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
Sherri Burks, right, and Dominic Fawcett dance at the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Los Angeles, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
PHOTO: Jae C. Hong
George Floyd's name is written on a sidewalk near the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
PHOTO: Jae C. Hong
A crowd is seen at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
PHOTO: Julio Cortez
A crowd gathers next to the spot where George Floyd was murdered at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
PHOTO: Julio Cortez
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
PHOTO: Court TV via AP, Pool
Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin reacts as the verdict was read, finding him guilty of all three counts in the death of George Floyd. (Via CNN, POOL)
PHOTO: POOL
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus listen on Capitol Hill in as the verdict was announced. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
PHOTO: J. Scott Applewhite
London Williams, 31, of Harrisburg, Pa., bursts into tears in Washington, after hearing that Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
PHOTO: Jacquelyn Martin
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
AniYa A motions as she walks through Times Square in New York, while talking on her cell phone. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
PHOTO: Seth Wenig
Joseph Ravago wipes tears from the eyes of Kamaile Elderts in Washington after the verdict was announced. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
PHOTO: Alex Brandon
Ingrid Noel, 51, left, weeps on the shoulder of Robert Bolden, at a rally outside the Barclays Center on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
PHOTO: Brittainy Newman / AP Photo
Philonise Floyd and Attorney Ben Crump, from left, react after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
PHOTO: Julio Cortez
President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the White House in Washington, after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
PHOTO: Evan Vucci
People gather at Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
People gather at Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
A person reacts near Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
A moment of silence was held Tuesday night by demonstrators gathered at the George Floyd mural in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo credit: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald)
PHOTO: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald
A moment of silence was held Tuesday night by demonstrators gathered at the George Floyd mural in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo credit: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald)
PHOTO: WISN 12 News reporter Caroline Reinwald
Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks near Cup Foods after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PHOTO: Morry Gash
Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
A demonstrator places flowers at a memorial outside Cup Foods as supporters gather to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
Demonstrators gather around the pavement where George Floyd was murdered outside Cup Foods to celebrate the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in his death, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PHOTO: John Minchillo
Sherri Burks, right, and Dominic Fawcett dance at the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Los Angeles, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
PHOTO: Jae C. Hong
George Floyd's name is written on a sidewalk near the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
PHOTO: Jae C. Hong
A crowd is seen at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
PHOTO: Julio Cortez
A crowd gathers next to the spot where George Floyd was murdered at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
PHOTO: Julio Cortez
Public reaction across the country
Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.