Several groups gathered on the steps of the Racine County Courthouse on Sunday following the deaths of two me in the Racine County Jail last week, supporting the families who
“Once somebody is in your custody, you have a duty to protect them,” Attorney Kevin O’Connor said during a prayer vigil hosted by the family of Malcolm James in Racine
RACINE â âChange is coming,â Xavier Simmons, the 24-year-old founder of the CHANGE IS COMING group that has organized many marches regarding racial justice, said during a small gathering Tuesday on Monument Square, hours after a Minnesota jury found former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges in the killing of George Floyd last year.
âThe black and brown community deserved this 401 years ago. We deserved this change,â said Simmons, who is black. âWeâve got to abolish the police system.â
About a dozen people gathered in Downtown Racine Tuesday to celebrate the verdict, a crowd dwarfed by the hundreds who marched and honked car horns through Milwaukee and possibly thousands who filled the streets of the Twin Cities.
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Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the killing of George Floyd in a case that has had massive nationwide ripple effects, has been found guilty on all charges.
Local and state leaders weighed in on the historic conviction.
Kelly Scroggins-Powell, Racine Women for Racial Justice founder
Scroggins-Powell I donât even know if the word relief is the right word. There are no words that can express how I feel as a black woman ⦠Someone who has experienced the fear and frustration of being black in America.
âBlack people across this country continue to die at the hands of police officers because of their militarized police practices. (I have) great relief to see that no longer are police being allowed to commit these atrocities against people of color, against men of color without any accountability. Iâm just grateful.
4 hrs ago Change is coming, Xavier Simmons, the 24-year-old founder of the CHANGE IS COMING group that has organized many marches regarding racial justice, said during a small gathering Tuesday on Monument Square, hours after a Minnesota jury found former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges in the killing of George Floyd last year. The black and brown community deserved this 401 years ago. We deserved this change, said Simmons, who is black. Weâve got to abolish the police system.â
About a dozen people gathered in Downtown Racine Tuesday to celebrate the verdict, a crowd dwarfed by the hundreds who marched and honked car horns through Milwaukee and possibly thousands filled the streets of the Twin Cities.