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'A big step towards change': People in North Texas reflect on guilty verdict There was elation and relief as the jury found Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts for the death of George Floyd. Author: WFAA Staff Updated: 8:46 PM CDT April 20, 2021 DALLAS — The jury in the Derek Chauvin trial found the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. The reverberations of the verdict were felt across the globe and reached North Texas. There was elation and relief as the news spread. Some activists and...

KERA News (From the left) Chinga Higgins and Dominique Alexander are both members of the Next Generation Action Network. Both have taken their activism to politics and are running for Dallas City Council seats in the May election. Local advocates say the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial is only the beginning. They plan to continue to push for legislation, fundamental changes in policing and more accountability among law enforcement in North Texas and around the nation. A jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts over the murder of George Floyd....

Relief and calm remains in Downtown Dallas after Derek Chauvin guilty verdict Relief and calm remains in Downtown Dallas after Derek Chauvin guilty verdict Dallas Police Department officials said they were prepared for potential unrest in wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict. However, it was ultimately not needed. DALLAS - Dallas Police Department officials said they were prepared for potential unrest in wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict. However, it was ultimately not needed. Over the summer, bad actors vandalized and looted businesses while demonstrators protested George Floyd's death. The Dal...

Updated: 9:17 PM CDT April 17, 2021 DALLAS — Protesters marched through the streets of Dallas Saturday, following the deaths of people of color at the hands of police. It’s a scene that’s become all too familiar.  “We see this over and over and over again, and it’s just tiring,” said Nichole Mansfield, speaking in front of a crowd outside Dallas Police Headquarters. Before taking to the streets, she and others with Next Generation Action Network held the rally six days after 20-year-old Daunte Wright was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minne...

For the past four weeks, a group of up to 40 protesters has gathered outside the Collin County Jail nearly every night around 9 p.m. They hang signs, draw on the sidewalk with chalk and decorate the chain link fence, celebrating the life of Marvin Scott III, who died while in the custody of jail staff in March. Consistently, their memorials have been taken down by county staff. But that doesn’t deter his sister, LaChay Batts, from returning every day with other community members outside the jail in McKinney. “We just do it again,” Batts, 28, told the Tribune Sunday, her voice h...