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“You can’t just celebrate what one would deem justice in this particular situation when there is no justice for the Black woman in the political science department with her very racist department chair,” said Shaun Harper, executive director of the University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center.
Harper is cautiously optimistic about the racial progress that has occurred in higher education since Floyd’s murder. The painful incident was a catalyst for student activists and faculty members of color who d long advocated for racial equity on their campuses and pointed out systemic and structural racism. It was eye-opening for many white faculty members and administrators who were blissfully unaware of or dispassionate about the repeated and systemic injustices Black people face. It propelled movements led by Black students and their white and multiracial allies to correct those injustices. College administrators, some openly acknowledging institutionalized racis
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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.
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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.
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With law enforcement and civil rights groups at odds over qualified immunity protections in Illinois, the McLean County Board Justice Committee on Tuesday was set to consider a resolution to reinforce the police position.
Qualified immunity shields police officers from civil lawsuits where plaintiffs claim their rights were violated. Those protections have attracted scrutiny in the wake of high-profile episodes of police violence. Initially, state lawmakers sought to end qualified immunity as part of a broader criminal justice reform package. But that was stripped from the package before it passed. Instead, a commission will be created to study the issue.