Kansas City metro social justice activists see victory in Derek Chauvin guilty verdict Social justice activists in the Kansas City metro are reacting to the guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin. and last updated 2021-04-20 23:27:18-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. â As Dr. Nicole Price watched the verdict in former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial live on her iPhone, she felt a sense of relief wash over her. "I just wasnât sure that you could find 12 people in our divided nation who would agree, even on something as visible, as egregious and for me in my humble opinion as obvious as this," said Price, who works to raise awareness about systemic racism and the Black community around the metro.