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Like other Europeans, French closely tracked the trial and conviction of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty last week of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Reports of police violence and racial injustice resonate especially strongly in France, with its large population of ethnic Africans and Arabs. Yet cautious optimism by some in the US and elsewhere that Chauvin’s trial might trigger a broader sea change in justice, is less shared in France. From the Paris suburb of Bobigny, Lisa Bryant reports for VOA.