With Jury Deliberations Soon to Begin in Minneapolis... | Office of the Provost
With Jury Deliberations Soon to Begin in Minneapolis... Article Date To the Case Western Reserve Community: Nearly 11 months after the world watched George Floyd take his last breaths under Derek Chauvin’s knee, a jury today will begin to consider the former Minneapolis police officer’s fate. For many, the size and intensity of the protests that followed Floyd’s death felt like a turning point—finally, the country could no longer look away from the horrors that Black people and other underrepresented minorities face from law enforcement. Confederate flags and statues came down, CEOs e...