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Racial Justice in America | Inside America with Ghida Fakhry
Protesters across America cheered after a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on on all three counts- second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter- in the brutal encounter that killed George Floyd, an unarmed black man. Video footage of Chauvin with his knee on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds last May sparked nationwide protests.
As many activists celebrated the conviction as a victory in their fight for justice, the verdict came amid a string of more high-profile police shootings of people of color. A police officer fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo following a foot chase in Chicago on March 29. 20-year-old Daunte Wright, an unarmed black man, was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on April 11 after a police officer allegedly mistook her gun for her Taser.
What is on the horizon for those who continue to seek justice and accountability in America?
Guests:
Esther Agbaje- Minnesota State Representative for District 59B, which includes parts of Minneapolis
Jason C. Johnson- President of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund and former deputy commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department from 2016-2018
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson- Author of “Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America” and professor of sociology at Georgetown University
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