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KLCC s Brian Bull reports on Eugeneans reaction to the guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis.
Roughly 30 people showed for a low-key, informal gathering at the Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse in Eugene. Most present said they were simply relieved that the jury found white police officer Chauvin guilty of all three counts in the death of George Floyd. Several attendees wore Black Lives Matter face masks and t-shirts saying “I Can’t Breathe.”
Nona Solomon-Burt, at Tuesday night s hang out to celebrate the verdicts in the Chauvin trial.
Credit Brian Bull / KLCC
Nona Solomon-Burt called for the gathering on Black Unity’s Facebook page, which she called a “joy celebration.”
It is that moment in open space with no corners to worry about, in plain sight, just part of the fabric of urban existence and survival when the isolation is sometimes eased a little for a homeless person.
Be it a park, a field, a lot or a curb, the homeless person is away from the judgement of “the busy” with a chance to slow the mind and digest the day. Perhaps they will talk to themselves and re-enact the injustice of the day or of the years to make sense of it all, or to just hear their voice in the face of silence. It is a chance to let their guard down.