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A handful of people gathered in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza near the Arizona Capitol in downtown Phoenix on Wednesday to call for police reform in the wake of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin being convicted of murdering George Floyd last year.
Janelle Wood, a local organizer and founder of Black Mothers Forum, said that she s glad Chauvin was convicted on all charges, but that is not enough. What we had was a piece of justice, but it s not fully justice, it s accountability, Wood said. But who was it that held him accountable? It was the community, the jurors, the citizens.
Phoenix community leaders talk about police reform, protesting bill
Phoenix leaders say said the Derek Chauvin verdict Tuesday was about accountability, and that s something they want to see more of in Arizona when it comes to policing.
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PHOENIX â A group of activists gathered at the Capitol Wednesday calling for police reform.
Phoenix leaders from the Black Mothers Forum, NOCAP Coalition and Unity Collective said the Derek Chauvin verdict Tuesday was about accountability, and that s something they want to see more of in Arizona when it comes to policing. It took an entire year of protests; it took an entire year of making the subject matter household knowledge to bring about this one verdict. So much needs to be done, said Jacob Raiford from the NOCAP Coalition.