Following the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin this week, members of Colorado’s Black legal community expressed doubts about whether the verdict represented true accountability.
“I don’t really know how we get to heal and say Mr. Chauvin is held accountable for his actions when, if I were the defense attorney, I would emphasize that he was not found guilty of intentionally killing George Floyd,” said Jes Jones, a criminal defense lawyer based in Denver. “That’s so difficult to want to hold someone accountable for something that they don’t see themselves as having done.”
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Denver International Airport, Feb. 27, as DIA officials first began to take notice of the pandemic.
Sue Sanders inside her car, where she sleeps at night in a Centennial Walmart parking lot.
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Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren brought her campaign for president to Denver s Fillmore Auditorium.
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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg stopped for a rally at the Crowne Plaza hotel near Denver International Airport.
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at a campaign at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
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President Donald Trump campaigns in Colorado Springs, here mocking Democrat Amy Klobuchar for what he said was choking during a Democratic candidate debate.