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Chauvin s guilty verdict is just one step in fight against systemic racism, local activists say
York Dispatch
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin may have been found guilty, but the verdict was just one step toward addressing systemic issues in policing, York County activists say.
A jury Tuesday convicted Chauvin of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the case of George Floyd, a Black man who died last May after the officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes.
Activists nationwide celebrated the verdict. But they also reiterated that the work to combat racism in policing is far from over.
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After being
sued last month for blocking virtual access to his courtroom, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Anthony Mariani has been allowing remote attendance by court observers but not in all cases.
The Abolitionist Law Center filed the suit in federal court, alleging that earlier this year Mariani denied more than 100 requests from ALC’s volunteer court watchers to view criminal proceedings online.
Within a few days of being sued, Mariani began to allow the court watchers to observe hearings remotely, according to ALC Court Watch program director Autumn Redcross. And several weeks later, President Judge Kim Clark issued an order requiring that the public receive online access “to those proceedings that are being conducted remotely … rather than by in-person proceeding.”
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