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Added on the 17/06/2020 15:51:37 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio joins civil rights leader Al Sharpton and various leaders as they kneel for 9 minutes and 29 seconds - the amount of time Derek Chauvin knelt of George Floyd's neck - to mark the first anniversary of Floyd’s death. IMAGES
Supporters and relatives of George Floyd gather and march in Minneapolis ahead of the first anniversary of his death under a white policeman's knee, a killing that prompted a reckoning on racial injustice in the United States. IMAGES
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is found guilty by the jury on all counts, including second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd. Judge Peter Cahill reads the verdict after the jury deliberated for less than two days at the end of a three-week trial. SOUNDBITE
People return to the memorial at the site of the arrest of George Floyd outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis, one month after his death while in police custody. Floyd's death sparked protests about police brutality and racial inequality around the world. IMAGES
Images of the scene outside Hennepin County Public Safety Facility in Minneapolis where Derek Chauvin, the white police officer whose fatal arrest of George Floyd sparked mass protests for racial justice across the United States, will make his first court appearance. IMAGES of the facility