Published: 4/22/2021 8:51:51 PM
NORTHAMPTON — The Rev. Donald Morgan, pastor of Haydenville Congregational Church, said he watched bits and pieces of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd last May.
“Of course I tuned in to the verdict,” Morgan said, standing at the front of the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence church on Thursday afternoon. “Since that time I have celebrated, and I have rejoiced,” he said. “But I was only able to celebrate after telling myself and assuring myself that although we celebrate — and there’s nothing wrong with celebration — that we have to remember that that victory, that that justice, that that accountability does not erase or eradicate all the injustices and unaccountabilities that have taken place in this nation over the years.”