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‘Sit In The Joy You May Have’: Black Sacramento Organizers Respond To Derek Chauvin Verdict With Relief, Urgency For Change
Black Lives Matter Sacramento protesters march down Richards Boulevard in Sacramento on Aug. 1, 2020.
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter on Tuesday for killing George Floyd, the 46-year-old Black man whose death brought forth calls to defund the police and sparked massive worldwide protests for racial justice, including weeks of action in Sacramento.
Stevante Clark, whose 22-year-old brother Stephon Clark was shot and killed by Sacramento police in 2018, said while there’s more work to be done, “slow progress is better than no progress.”