George Floyd: Defense, prosecution wrap up closing arguments
20 April 2021 |
10:24 am
Lawyers gave their final arguments as jurors prepared to deliberate on whether Derek Chauvin was guilty of killing George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who was arrested in May 2020 over the use of a fake banknote.
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