Hollywood, the sports world and other celebrities took to social media Tuesday with reaction to the guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial.
Here’s what some of them had to say:
GUILTY!!!! As it should be!! Now....Rest In Peace George Floyd. Rest. You and your family have been vindicated. ❤❤👊🏿 #SayHisName
— Viola Davis (@violadavis) April 20, 2021
🎨@4NIKKOLAS pic.twitter.com/DgVFG7UVPF
THANK GOD🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏾
— Cher (@cher) April 20, 2021
OH HAPPY DAY
Yes, Gianna Floyd, your Dad has changed the world.#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/cbLC1gtVjB
— WNBPA (@TheWNBPA) April 20, 2021
A guilty #verdict. But this fight for justice is not over. We have a lot of work to do. There is more fight ahead of us. But RIGHT NOW please take CARE of yourself. And let’s take care of each other. Prayers and love to the family of #GeorgeFloyd.
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) April 20, 2021
Today our thoughts, prayers, & condolences remain with George Floyd’s family, & others that have recently been devastated by violence. The Dodgers will continue to support and encourage awareness and commit resources in the effort to address systemic inequity & social injustice.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 20, 2021
I was on pins and needles waiting on the verdict of Derek Chauvin to come in. To hear these jurors find him GUILTY on a three charges, I can exhale for now!
— Sherri Shepherd (@sherrieshepherd) April 20, 2021
Justice, this time, has been served. But there is so much work that remains to be done!#DerekChauvinTrial #Guilty
Guilty Guilty Guilty... No one wins.. George Floyd is still gone..and finally someone was responsible... Derek Chauvin
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) April 20, 2021
Come thru Justice!
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) April 20, 2021
🎨: Shirien Creates pic.twitter.com/kUW29RXcU7
The evidence of our eyes met at last by accountability in the eyes of justice. #DerekChauvinTrial
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) April 20, 2021
3! 👊🏾
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) April 20, 2021
#GeorgeFloyd pic.twitter.com/HKeNlthckW
— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) April 20, 2021
Thank God...guilty! Justice has been served!!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) April 20, 2021
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) April 20, 2021
Timberwolves statement after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd: pic.twitter.com/c014Q77615
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) April 20, 2021
ACCOUNTABILITY
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 20, 2021
Bail revoked guilty on all counts
— John Cusack (@johncusack) April 20, 2021
- Derek chauvin is just a start
The George Floyd police reform act that law must pass.
The insurrectionist in gop including Donald trump -who are as much of a white supremacist must face justice -
