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Derek Chauvin found guilty, and Petersburg reacts. Here is what you are saying about it.
From relieved to a clarion call for justice, everyone says the verdict is not the end of the road but just another stop in the path to racial equality
The Progress-Index
The Petersburg area exhaled with relief late Tuesday afternoon as a Minneapolis jury convicted former police officer Derek M. Chauvin on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter in the Memorial Day 2020 death of George Floyd.
Initial reaction from Petersburg area leaders and citizens is that while they applaud the verdicts as correct, that does not mean that racial inequity in justice has suddenly been solved. Del. Lashrecse D. Aird, D-Petersburg, who led several portions of the Democratic-led police-reform package through the General Assembly this year and last, told The Progress-Index that the work is just beginning.
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The Woman s Christian Temperance Union fountain in Orange was erected in 1904. Contributed photo/Janice Lanou
Modified: 4/4/2021 12:12:04 PM
In the center of Orange is a stone drinking fountain with a history all its own. The fountain was erected by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in town. “The WCTU fountain has been a fixture in the center of Orange since 1904, although not always in the same location,” said Janice Lanou, member of the Orange Walking Tour Brochure Committee. “If you look at old postcards of downtown Orange, your eye eventually goes to the fountain, dwarfed by the Lamb’s block at the corner of West Main Street and South Main Street. Time proved it to be an unsuitable location as the fountain was damaged several times by large trucks turning the sharp corner in front of it. In its present home, diagonally across the Square, it is safe from traffic and is more visible to the public.”