Oprah Winfrey had 'flashbacks of Emmett Till' during Derek Chauvin verdict

Oprah Winfrey became highly emotional while watching jurors deliver a guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin last week.

A 12-member jury deliberated for more than 10 hours over two days before reaching the unanimous verdict in the high-profile trial, following the former cop's killing of George Floyd in May 2020.

Speaking during an interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz, due to air on Thursday, Oprah shared that she "watched the verdict live — like so many other people around the world".

“I started to tear up and I asked myself, ‘Where is this emotion coming from?’ And I was having… flashbacks of Emmett Till and all the names that we’ve heard protesters speak for," explained the media mogul.

Oprah had a dream about Till — the 14-year-old African-American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after a white woman accused him of flirting with her — the night before the verdict, where “we were all on a bus together and the bus blew up”.

“And so, I wake in that morning like, ‘What does that mean? And does that mean this whole trial is going to blow up?’” she mused. “So, I went to bed (after the verdict) thinking about Emmett Till and the fact that he never received justice. And this moment was a sacrifice for all of the people who didn’t receive justice.”

Chauvin's bail was revoked and he remains in custody while a sentencing date is to be confirmed.