Florida Matters Hears Three Floridians Perspectives On The Derek Chauvin Verdict
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Florida Matters Hears Three Floridians Perspectives On The Derek Chauvin Verdict
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Some activists hope that the verdict will lead to a change in police behavior.
Like African-American leaders across the nation, Tampa Bay area activists described a sense of relief Tuesday at the guilty verdict of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin.
But they say there s more work to do.
Christina Boneta, a co-founder of Black Lives Matters in Pasco County, said she had no expectation of a guilty verdict in the murder trial, based on the number of officers exonerated in the past after killing Black people.
“When I woke up this morning, of course, just because of what America has done time and time again, there was that chance I felt that somehow, he was going to walk away from it,” she said.