CAITLYN M. MAY, JAMES DAY and K. RAMBO
Mid-Valley Media
Mid-valley residents were quick to respond to the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, with some gathering in person to express their feelings and others offering their views via social media or in response to questions from Mid-Valley Media.
Black leaders at Oregon State University organized a âHumanity and Hopeâ gathering on campus within hours of Chauvin being found guilty of Floydâs murder. Jason Dorsette, director of Advancing Equity for Student Success and president of the Corvallis/Albany Branch of the NAACP, hosted the event and also spoke.
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He pleaded not guilty.
As the verdict was delivered, a sense of relief was felt throughout communities in the US, and indeed the world. Today we are able to breathe again, Floyd s brother Philonise said. The world seen his life being extinguished, and I could do nothing but watch . especially in that courtroom over and over and over again as my brother was murdered.
Philonise reiterated the need for action: Ten miles away from here, Mr. Wright, Daunte Wright, he should still be here. We always have to understand we have to march, we have to do this for life, we have to protest. It seems like this is a never-ending cycle.
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