But I was angry that he was wearing a police uniform while doing it because it was gonna make my job and the jobs of police officers across the country a whole lot harder, Sanders said.
Chauvin, who is white, was convicted last month of murder and three other fired officers still face trial. Though for an entire year before justice was served, protesters took to the streets in New York City to call for accountability. While the majority of the gatherings were peaceful, some violence erupted between cops and demonstrators, and several incidents of excessive force by the NYPD prompted an investigation from the state s attorney general.
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By Jessica Gresko - Associated Press - Friday, May 21, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) As communities nationwide are re-examining law enforcement practices, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says Americans should think critically about how they want police to interact with citizens.
Sotomayor said that what “we as a society accept in the name of justice” is an “incredibly important topic of discussion.”
And, she said, “it’s one that people should not discuss or think they need to discuss as a ’Do I respect the police or not?’ It has nothing to do with respect for the police or not,” she said in an interview made public Thursday evening.