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Detroit sports figures, top leagues react to Derek Chauvin guilty verdict

Detroit teams and athletes were quick to react to the verdict in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd.

Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter charges after kneeling on Floyd's neck last May while arresting him. Highly shared cellphone footage showed Chauvin, a white man, using his weight on the neck of Floyd, a Black man, for nearly 10 minutes.

Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody May 25, 2020, spurring nationwide demonstrations and increased conversation — especially in the sports realm — about police brutality and police accountability.