Naimah Nuriddin was looking at her cellphone while her 10-year-old son, Rahiem, sat in a barber's chair getting a haircut.
Her 5-year-old daughter, Khaliayah, sat next to her in one of the black vinyl chairs lined up against one wall inside Natural Impressions. The barbershop on East Washington Street near downtown Phoenix caters to Black people, who sometimes drive more than 100 miles from as far as Prescott for a trim.
One customer once described Natural Impressions as "the poor man's country club" where people come to talk politics, church, movies, sports — you name it — not just for a haircut.
This week, there was one topic on everyone's mind: The verdict of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd.