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OU graduate on front lines of history in fight for justice for George Floyd s family Updated: 10:15 PM CDT Apr 21, 2021 Share Updated: 10:15 PM CDT Apr 21, 2021
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Show Transcript VERDICT. WHEN WE WERE WAITING FOR THAT VERDICT, IT WAS JUST UNEASINESS. IT WAS A VERDICT WATCHED BY THE WORLD AN ATTORNEY MADELEINE SIMMONS WATCHED IT WITH HER CLIENTS THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD. WE WERE PRAYING WE WERE EMOTIONAL AND WHEN IT WAS READ AS YOU SAW IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT A MINNEAPOLIS JURY FOUND FORMER POLICE OFFICER, DEREK CHAUVIN GUILTY OF MURDERING FLOYD DURING AN ARREST LAST SUMMER, BUT SIMMONS WHO GRADUATED FROM OU AND IS NOW A PARTNER AT AN ATLANTA LAW FIRM SAYS SHE HAD TO PREPARE THE LLOYD FAMILY FOR A VERY DIFFERENT VERDICT WHEN YOU DO THIS KIND OF WORK CIVIL RIGHTS WORK YOU SEE INEQUITY. YOU SEE UNFAIRNESS YOU SEE RACISM SO WE WEREN’T SO NAIVE TO THINK THAT THOSE THINGS WOULD DISAPPEAR IN THE JURY ROOM, BUT THANKFULLY THEY DID. HE HOW
“It was an incredible moment, it was a historic verdict we and the family have been on edge for 11 months since this happened about whether or not Derek Chauvin would be found guilty of murder and seeing that he was found guilty of all three charges was an overwhelming moment for us in the family,” Simmons said.
Simmons said she hopes the case can help toward the momentum for change. Hopefully this is a step toward achieving justice and more cases like this. As lawyers that work in this arena we see inequity, we see unfairness, we see racism and that is real and so this verdict certainly sends the right message that Americans are going to hold wrongdoers accountable no matter who they are or what their job is but we have to do more,” Simmons said.