0121 GMT June 30, 2022
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By Kellie Carter Jackson*
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Jurors on Monday began mulling the fate of the white ex-Minneapolis policeman accused of killing African-American George Floyd, a death that sparked a nationwide reckoning on racism and which prosecutors called a “shocking abuse of authority”.
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Derek Chauvin’s police supervisor told his murder trial that there was no justification for the officer to keep his knee on George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes.
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