George Floyd’s daughter, 6-year-old Gianna, attended a press conference with their attorney Ben Crump, Rev Jesse Jackson, Rev Al Sharpton, and other notable community members.
Floyd’s brother said that their family would finally be able to ‘breathe again’ following the guilty verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the fatal arrest of George Floyd.
“Today, we are able to breathe again,” Floyd’s brother, Philonise, said at the conference. “George means freedom for all.”
Teary Philonise liked his brother to the 1955 Mississippi lynching victim Emmett Ill except that this time, there were cameras to show the whole world what exactly happened.
Floyd’s daughter, Gianna, also attended the press conference along with other family members.
As they entered the room with their fists raised, Floyd’s relatives chanted: “Say his name! George Floyd!”
Another brother, Terrence Floyd, said that the verdict was not only important for their family but also for history.
“I will miss him, but now I know he’s in history,” Terrence said. “What a day to be a Floyd, man.”
The jury reached its verdict on Tuesday after ten and a half hours of deliberation.
Chauvin was transferred to Oak Park Heights, the only Level 5 maximum-security prison in the state.
It has space for up to 473 prisoners and is regarded as one of the safest for high-risk inmates.
Only one person has been killed within the facility since it opened in 1982, and no offender has ever escaped.
Chauvin will be considered a suicide risk so he will be closely monitored to ensure his safety.
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