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Denver Reacts to the Chauvin Verdict
Moments after the verdict was announced, members of the community reflect on the conviction of the ex-police officer and how Denver can move forward.
Madi Skahill, Spencer Campbell, Victoria Carodine •
April 20, 2021
On Tuesday, jurors found Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, after the former Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd’s back for nine minutes and 29 seconds in May 2020. Second-degree murder carries with it a sentence of up to 40 years.
Here, local leaders, advocates, and experts react to news of the verdict.
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Ellis Linville, Sr., gets his second COVID-19 shot, from Dr. Sunita Sharma at Shorter AME Church in Denver, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021.
Large-scale events are now part of the playbook in Colorado’s effort to distribute the COVID-19 vaccines equitably particularly to populations of color a feat the state has so far failed to achieve.
Hundreds of Coloradans ages 70 and older visited Denver’s National Western Complex Saturday to get immunized against coronavirus. On Sunday, Shorter Community African Methodist Episcopal Church in Denver held its second COVID-19 vaccination clinic in collaboration with UCHealth.
More than 500,000 Coloradans have now received at least one dose of the two-shot vaccine regimes from either Pfizer or Moderna, and about 165,000 of those folks have received both doses.