After Derek Chauvin verdict, 6 killed by police across America in 24 hours
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Protesters march in downtown Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Police shot and killed a teenage girl Tuesday afternoon in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd. Police showed bodycam footage Tuesday night at a news conference of the officer shooting the girl, who was Black, as she appeared to attempt to stab two people with a knife.Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP
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Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the former police officer, the jubilation at what many saw as justice in the death of George Floyd even then, blood flowed on America’s streets.
Hazel Bryant is embraced after addressing a crowd with her anger at the Columbus Police over the shooting of her niece, Ma’Khia Bryant, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, near Legion Lane on the east side of Columbus, Ohio. (Brooke LaValley/Columbus Dispatch via AP) Saturday, April 24, 2021 10:16 AM EST By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST , AP
Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the former police officer, the jubilation at what many saw as justice in the death of George Floyd even then, blood flowed on America’s streets.
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Kirk Rivers leads a group of demonstrators as they block Ehringhaus Street, a main retail avenue in Elizabeth City, N.C. on April 23 as they demand after a fatal shooting that body camera video be released by the Pasquotank Sheriff s office. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)
Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the former police officer, the jubilation at what many saw as justice in the death of George Floyd even then, blood flowed on America s streets.
And even then, some of that blood was shed at the hands of law enforcement.
At least six people were fatally shot by officers across the United States in the 24 hours after jurors reached a verdict in the murder case against Derek Chauvin.
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