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Graphic Video Grips Courtroom on Day 1 of Chauvin Trial

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Graphic video gripped the courtroom as the trial began in Minneapolis on Monday of a white former police officer, Derek Chauvin, who is accused of murdering a Black man, George Floyd, last May. As Mike O’Sullivan reports, the case revolves around the question of Floyd’s cause of death as Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine-and-a-half minutes while arresting him.