No Chauvin sentence can restore our loss, but the trial changed the country
Chauvin sentence in George Floyd’s death is progress toward accountability
In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over Chauvin s sentencing, Friday, June 25, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin faces decades in prison for the May 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)(Uncredited)
3:12 AM on Jun 26, 2021 CDT
If asked if we are satisfied with Derek Chauvin’s sentence handed down yesterday, our answer would be “no.”
There is no sentence that would feel satisfactory and no overcoming the image of George Floyd being murdered by a police officer. The only outcome that would feel just is the one that is not possible, and that would be for George Floyd to be restored to us.