from the city of Minneapolis prior to Chauvin’s conviction. And yet, $27 million will not bring George Floyd back.President Joe Biden said as he addressed the nation
in the wake of the verdict. “But through the family’s pain, they are finding purpose to George’s legacy will not be just about his death, but about what we must do in his memory.” Police have killed 319 people in 2021 so far, according to Mapping Police Violence. Many of these officers will never see the inside of a courtroom or hear a judge’s gavel. But members of over-policed communities — especially Black communities, since Black people arethan white people — will continue to be forced to live with the lasting ramifications of police violence until true accountability and reform take precedence.
"The evidence in the case overwhelmingly showed that Chauvin committed this horrendous murder," James Kilgore, media fellow at
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