George Floyd’s Family: ‘We Got the Verdict We Wanted’

Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's brother, with Rev. Al Sharpton and others, speaks following the verdict in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis, Minn., on April 20, 2021. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images

Siblings of George Floyd said on April 20 that they were grateful for the jury convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of three charges, including second-degree murder.

“We got the verdict we wanted,” Terrence Floyd, one of Floyd’s brothers, told a press conference in Minnesota.