What Derek Chauvin s Guilty Verdict Really Means for the Black Community
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Chauvin conviction: Black Americans wary guilty conviction will slow pace of reform
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Opinions | Reform movements can’t last without hope. The Chauvin jury gave us some. Andrea Benjamin © Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post People gather at George Floyd Plaza in Minneapolis after the convictions were announced Tuesday. After the murder of George Floyd was caught on video in May, people across the country took to the streets to protest. I was among them. We voiced our anger, sadness and frustration but that’s not all we did. Across the country, many people also started attending virtually or otherwise their local city council meetings. Police violence against Black men and women is a national issue, but local government is where accountability takes place, and where ordinary folks can push the levers of power.