Lewis Hamilton: Chauvin conviction just one step towards equal society

Lewis Hamilton said Derek Chauvin's conviction shows the push to promote justice and equality for all is not in vain, while stressing that the "fight isn't over".

Former Minneapolis police officer Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter by a jury Tuesday for his role in the murder of George Floyd last May outside of a local convenience store.

The death of Floyd, who was Black, and the video that showed Chauvin, who is white, kneeling on Floyd's neck for about nine minutes, became a catalyst for the sports world's racial and social justice movement last summer.

At the time Hamilton, Formula One's only Black driver and a…