PHOTOS: After former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, joy over the verdict was tinged with the realization that much work remains to be done to bring about lasting change.
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The jury reached its verdict Tuesday, less than a year after Chauvin, who is white, pinned the 46-year-old Black man down with a knee to his neck last May.
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