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Hazel Washington is embraced after addressing a crowd with her anger at the Columbus Police at the shooting of her niece following a fatal police shooting near Legion Lane on the east side of Columbus, Ohio
Police shot and killed a teenage girl Tuesday afternoon in Columbus just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.
Police showed bodycam footage Tuesday night at a news conference of the officer shooting the girl as she appeared to attempt to stab two people with a knife.
A black-handled blade resembling a kitchen knife or steak knife appeared to be lying on the sidewalk next to her immediately after she fell.
Local community reacts to Chauvin guilty verdicts
Local community reacts to Chauvin guilty verdicts By Brennan Reh | April 21, 2021 at 8:54 AM EDT - Updated April 21 at 8:54 AM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The local community is reacting Tues. following former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin being found guilty on two murder charges and one manslaughter charge in the death of George Floyd.
”It’s a long time coming. It is possible to have and get justice,” said Freddie Williams.
“To finally get that little sense of hope and just that hope for some change can finally come. We haven’t felt that in a very long time and especially in my lifetime,” Kamryn Tate said.
Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict for George Floyd's murder means America is watching its police when it comes to the harm and killing of unarmed Black people.
Print article WASHINGTON President Joe Biden said Tuesday the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a giant step forward” for the nation in the fight against systemic racism. But he declared that “it’s not enough.” Biden spoke from the White House hours after the verdict alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, with the pair saying the country’s work is far from finished with the verdict. “We can’t stop here,” Biden declared. Biden and Harris called on Congress to act swiftly to address policing reform, including by approving a bill named for Floyd, who died with his neck under Chauvin’s knee last May. Beyond that, the president said, the entire country must confront hatred to “change hearts and minds as well as laws and policies.”