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Is the Derek Chauvin verdict the start of change? Not likely, experts say. Char Adams © Provided by NBC News Could the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial mark a changing tide in holding law enforcement responsible for police violence? This is one of the most important questions emerging from the trial, in which a jury found former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvinguilty of murdering George Floyd. Chauvin is one of a few officers to be convicted in a police violence trial, and the fact that law enforcement officers condemned him in court was also quite rare. There are several reasons why it’s unusual for a white officer to be prosecuted or convicted of violence against a Black person, especially murder, on the job: police impunity through their right to use force, backing from powerful police unions, and the overall portrayal of policing as being inherently virtuous. Some 1,000 people are shot and killed by police each year with Black people shot at

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