Weâre taking all the wrong lessons from the Chauvin verdict
The takeaway should be neither despair nor hope but something clear-eyed in between.
By David Scharfenberg Globe Staff,Updated April 22, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Reaction to the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial ran in a couple of directions.
For some, it was a hopeful moment.
A crack in the blue wall, the power of a teenagerâs cell phone video, and the righteousness of a Minnesota jury offered a path, at least, to greater police accountability.
For others the verdict, however gratifying, heralded little.