Alex Brandon / AP
Originally published on April 20, 2021 9:30 pm
After weeks of mounting tension during the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, observers in Bloomington-Normal expressed mixed emotions Tuesday after the guilty verdicts from a Minneapolis jury that heard testimony in the killing of George Floyd.
Some felt validation that police misconduct did not go unpunished. Others looked ahead to the still tangled and fraught dialogue on race and police in the nation and in central Illinois. Still others said they felt injured from the trial and the images of Floyd’s death seen over and over on replay.
NAACP
Leaders with the Bloomington-Normal NAACP said the Chauvin verdict provided justice, but it does not minimize the discrimination the Black community faces on a daily basis.