AFP :
Foreign leaders and media outlets began to react on Tuesday evening to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction on three counts in the death of George Floyd, a case that sparked an international reckoning and has grasped the attention of observers around the world.
Chauvin, who is White, was found guilty on Tuesday of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Floyd, a Black man he pinned down outside a grocery store last year.
A teenage witness filmed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes in a video that was viewed by millions of people globally, sparking outrage and street protests for racial justice. The footage would later become a key piece of evidence in the trial.
