Weâre taking all the wrong lessons from the Chauvin verdict The takeaway should be neither despair nor hope but something clear-eyed in between. By David Scharfenberg Globe Staff,Updated April 22, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Reaction to the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial ran in a couple of directions. For some, it was a hopeful moment. A crack in the blue wall, the power of a teenagerâs cell phone video, and the righteousness of a Minnesota jury offered a path, at least, to greater police accountability. For others the verdict, however gratifying, heralded little.