Crowd reacts to Derek Chauvin trial outside courthouse

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MINNEAPOLIS — Wild cheers erupted and tears flowed outside the courthouse Tuesday where former city cop Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all charges in the death of George Floyd.

“The sun is out,” a 24-year-old Minneapolis woman told The Post moments after the verdict was announced to the crowd. 

People fell to their knees in relief as others cried and hugged each other amid honking car horns, ringing bicycle bells and the waving of Black Lives Matter banners and signs with messages such as “Respect our existence” and “The world saw his murder.’’

Hundreds of people had gathered outside Hennepin County District Court in Minnesota as the verdict was read inside shortly after 5 p.m. — while a police helicopter and drone flew overhead and about a dozen National Guardsmen watched down from a balcony.

Moments earlier, the crowd chanted, “Say his name! George Floyd!”

Courtney Ross, wearing a red shirt with her late boyfriend Floyd’s face and name on it, wept amid the calls for justice.

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