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Terry Lee Ware, 48, of Rising Star

The Rockford NAACP is hosting a Facebook live event titled "Martin Luther King Jr. Marching to Pass the Voting Rights Bill."

ROCKFORD — Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Those words were greeted with a mixture of relief, sadness and hope by Rockford activists on Tuesday. A jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd in the middle of a city street. Rockford activist Jay Ware had awaited the verdict with nervous apprehension and fear after a lifetime of wondering if Black men and women could ever expect equal justice under the law in the United States "It's a relief," Ware said. "l was almost crying a little bit. It's really a relief. It's sadnes...

ROCKFORD — Residents are on edge ahead of a verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial, and local police say they have contingency plans in place in case of unrest. Rockford activist Jay Ware said he is scared of how people might react if Chauvin is found not guilty and what it would say about justice in the United States. "I am very apprehensive," Ware said. "I think there is probably a 50-50 chance that justice is going to happen. I think the guy is guilty, but I just don’t have very much faith in the system." Ware and other activists said a not guilty verdict in the face of what...