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The president “agitators and extremists” sought to exploit the legacy of George Floyd to destroy property and stop the country’s progress.

“Let that be his legacy. A legacy of peace, not violence, of justice. Peaceful expression of that legacy are inevitable and appropriate,” Biden said.

But violent protest is not. And there are those who will seek to exploit the raw emotions of the moment. Agitators and extremists who have no interest in social justice. Who seek to carry out violence, destroy property, fan the flames of hate and division.”

The Congresswoman from California could cost the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin to be overturned on appeal, but today she is “delighted” that the jury convicted the former police officer,” she said on MSNBC.

“I could not believe it but it is absolutely true.”

Trial judge Peter Cahill said her comments calling on protesters to get “more confrontational” if a guilty verdict wasn’t returned may result in the conviction being thrown out when Chauvin’s defence team likely appeal.

One person has been shot and killed by police following an incident in Ohio.

Officers in Columbus were called to a disturbance on the southeast side of the city when the incident happened, according to 10TV.

Authorities have confirmed that the victim was shot by an officer and transported to Mount Carmel East hospital in critical condition but died from their injuries.

Police received a 911 call where a person reported a female was trying to stab them and then hung up.

Officers responded to the call and ten minutes after it was made an officer-involved shooting was reported, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

Graeme Massie is following this developing story.

The former president said in a statement that the conviction can help prevent more senseless deaths and hasten equality in the United States.

“His tragic death, and the evidence at the trial, made painfully clear that we must do much better in recruiting, training, and holding law enforcement accountable to the communities they serve,” he said.

US attorney general Merrick Garland said while the jury has fulfilled its “civic duty” in delivering a guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, the Justice Department would continue with its own probe into the events of last May.

“The Justice Department has previously announced a federal civil rights investigation into the death of George Floyd. This investigation is ongoing," he said in a statement.

US President Joe Biden condemned the nation’s legacy of systemic injustice and racist violence in his call for sweeping police reform, hours after a verdict was announced for the murder of George Floyd, a Black man whose death has revived an international demand for justice for the police killings of Black Americans.

Mr Biden called systemic racism a “stain on our nation’s soul” after Ms Harris demanded that the lives of Americans of colour be “valued in our education system, in our healthcare system, in our housing system, in our economic system, in our criminal justice system, in our nation, full stop.”

“The knee on the neck of justice for Black Americans,” Mr Biden said, referring to now-former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin holding his knee into the back of Mr Floyd’s neck for nine minutes.

Alex Woodward has more from the president’s national address.

Social media exploded with positive reactions from celebrities around Tuesday’s verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty on all charges in the murder of George Floyd.

Chauvin knelt on the neck of Mr Floyd for more than nine minutes as he repeatedly said he could not breathe. His death on 25 May 2020 sparked a wave of protests against police brutality towards people of colour.

“A reminder that victory would be George Floyd being alive. Every day Black Americans worry if they will be next is another day without justice,” wrote poet Amanda Gorman.

“Relief. #GeorgeFloydverdict,” wrote actor Lupita Nyong'o.

"PRAISE GOD!!!! Guilty!!!!" wrote actor Keke Palmer.

Rachel Brodsky reports.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison delivered powerful remarks on the state of policing and justice in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and a jury’s verdict that found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts against him.

“George Floyd mattered,” Mr Ellison said on Tuesday during a press conference with prosecutors. “George Floyd mattered ... because he was a human being and there is no way we can turn away from that reality.”

He added: “I would not call today’s verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration, but it is accountability, which is the first step towards justice, and now the cause of justice is in your hands.”

Alex Woodward reports.

Arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, who has now been convicted of the murder ofGeorge Floyd, largely focused on two key questions: What specifically was the cause of Mr Floyd’s death, and were Chauvin’s actions “reasonable” given the circumstances and his training?

Oliver O’Connell and Nathan Place have more.

George Floyd’s death at the hands of police offices in Minneapolis last year sparked nationwide protest and led to a renewed outcry for racial justice in the United States.

Over the past few weeks the country has relived the pain and anger caused by the public death of Mr Floyd after the 9 minutes and 29 seconds he spent pinned under the knee of former police officer Derek Chauvin.

Here,The Independent looks back at some of those shocking killings and what happened to the officers responsible for them.