You will have to forgive me for not celebrating the conviction of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis last May.
Of course I’m gratified by the three guilty verdicts meted out by the jury this week. But I know better than to breathe a sigh of relief until the judge issues his sentence.
I’ve seen this all before.
Six years before George Floyd’s murder, in 2014, Laquan McDonald, a 17 year old Black boy, was shot 16 times by Officer Jason Van Dyke in Chicago. The chant of “16 shots and a cover-up,” rang out from the South Side to the West Side, from the North Shore to the 100s. Much like with George Floyd’s murder, we watched the video over and over on television. The murder was discussed around water coolers and in barber and beauty shops.
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Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer charged in killing of Daunte Wright
After three consecutive nights of protest, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police Officer Kim Potter was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter in Sunday’s fatal shooting of a 20-year-old black man.
Potter had resigned from the force on Tuesday after initially being place on administrative leave. Police claim that Potter, who is white, accidentally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb when she mistook her firearm for her taser.
Flowers are placed on a banner as demonstrators gather outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, to protest the shooting death of Daunte Wright on Sunday during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)