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Calif. school district under fire for creating white student support group for Chauvin trial Our students were the first to call attention to it, and they were right to do so, agreed school board president Cory Smegal.
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A California school district has come under fire this week after it was reported that school officials created a support group for white students to vent after
Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering
George Floyd.
In a case that made international headlines and sparked the resurgence of a movement, the white police Minneapolis officer was ultimately found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter on April 20, following the May 2020 death of Floyd.
Schools offer grief support for White students after Derek Chauvin conviction
Ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin (Image source: Hennepin County Jail)
Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd on April 20. Immediately following the verdict, the school district of Piedmont, California thought it was good idea to offer grief counseling for white students.
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SFGate reported that Cheryl Wozniak, the assistant superintendent of educational services at Piedmont Unified School District, sent out an e-mail on April 21 to students and staff at Millennium and Piedmont high schools in light of the verdict against Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd last year.