9½ minutes of silence as Denver students weigh impact of conviction in George Floyd’s murder

Shortly before noon at Denver’s South High School, a group of students filed out of the building holding large banners that read “Black Lives Matter” and “How Many More?” Under gray skies, in a damp chill, they stood in silence for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, the amount of time that Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck.