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‘The world is watching’: The fight for Minneapolis police reform after Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction
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People raise their fists during a demonstration near the George Floyd Memorial in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 18, 2021 after the shooting death of Daunte Wright. ((Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images))
In a Minnesota court on Tuesday, Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted of murdering George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, and could face up to 40 years in prison.
“Painfully earned justice has arrived for George Floyd’s family and the community here in Minneapolis, but today’s verdict goes far beyond this city and has significant implications for the country and even the world,” Ben Crump, an attorney representing the Floyd family, said in a statement. “Justice for Black America is justice for all of America. This case is a turning point in American history for accountability of law enforcement.�
Derek Chauvin Conviction Isn t Enough, Say Minneapolis Activists
On 4/20/21 at 7:44 AM EDT
As jurors deliberate over the fate of Derek Chauvin, activists in Minneapolis say a conviction would still be far from real justice.
Closing arguments in Chauvin s trial on Monday began with a prosecutor telling jurors that the former Minneapolis police officer had to know he was was killing Floyd when he kept a knee to the Black man s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds as he repeatedly gasped that he couldn t breathe.
The jurors will continue their deliberations on murder and manslaughter charges on Tuesday.
As Minneapolis braces for a verdict, grassroots activists told
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Roy Exum: Mr. President: ‘Sit Down!’ Friday, April 9, 2021 - by Roy Exum
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It wasn’t lost on me that on the same day Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed legislation to “allow just about any Tennessean” to legally carry a firearm without a permit, President Biden laid the biggest egg of his career. Understand, I like some of the stuff Biden is trying to accomplish but gun control – while a liberal flame point – is so far out of reach the President would fare far better trying to beat his stumble-bum experts on this particular topic in the board game Parcheesi. Tennessee became the 19