Outside the Hennepin County Courthouse, local activist Artise Mayfield called the verdict a big step forward but added it doesn’t simply erase the longstanding problems the Black community has dealt with.
“Actions definitely needed to be taken after this. It’s not even changed that he’s on trial, police are still killing people.”
She also points to the death of Daunte Wright in nearby Brooklyn Center this month at the hands of police, even after all the awareness raised with Floyd’s death.
Outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department Tuesday night, there was a party-like atmosphere with people dancing in the street outside the police station, waving flags and chanting. That space had been the site of days and days of protests – at some times violent protests – following the shooting death of Wright by former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter.
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