Our View: Chauvin guilty verdict is justice done but needs to be moment that sparks change
Holding law enforcement accountable in on-duty shootings and deaths is an important step in making justice more color blind. But it s not the only step.
Savannah Morning News
This editorial is written in the institutional voice of the Savannah Morning News. A community advisory board, a six-member group of local thought leaders from a variety of backgrounds, contributed insights on the topic and helped shape this position.
Lady Justice is often depicted wearing a blindfold, and all too often such portrayals come across as the cruelest of jokes.
After Derek Chauvin verdict, will police prosecutions change?
washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BGSU students, community demand change after 2 instances of guns on campus in 3 days
Students, alumni and Bowling Green residents teamed up to write a Call for Action letter demanding better communication and a town hall for their voices to be heard. Author: Emily Cohen Updated: 9:32 PM EDT April 21, 2021
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio A photo circulating on social media Tuesday showed two men carrying guns on Bowling Green State University s campus. The men were protesting the arrest of another man with a gun on campus that took place Sunday. It was just disgusting that we got no word from the university for over an hour and a half, we counted, BGSU student Maya Elias said.
Derek Chauvin Verdict Might Bring More Prosecutions of Police © Jeff Wheeler/Zuma Press
Tuesday’s murder conviction of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd will likely make prosecutors more willing to charge police officers in shootings, according to district attorneys and law-enforcement researchers.
Guilty verdicts against police officers who kill people in the line of duty have historically been rare. Of the 140 police officers charged in fatal shootings since 2005, seven were convicted of murder and 37 were convicted of lesser crimes, according to research by Philip Stinson, a Bowling Green State University criminologist who studies the topic.
There are about 1,000 deadly police shootings a year, Mr. Stinson has found.
George Floyd trial: Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after verdict
22 Apr, 2021 04:58 AM
7 minutes to read
Black teenage girl in Ohio shot dead by police as Derek Chauvin jury returns verdict. Video / Heavy / @ WhatRiot
Black teenage girl in Ohio shot dead by police as Derek Chauvin jury returns verdict. Video / Heavy / @ WhatRiot
AP
Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad daylight during a confrontation.
The shooting of Ma Khia Bryant, 16, who was swinging a knife during a fight with another person in Columbus, is in some ways more representative of how Black and other people of color are killed during police encounters than the death of George Floyd, pinned to the ground by Chauvin and captured on video for all the world to see.
vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.