Posts tagged Derek Chauvin

On Tuesday April 20, 2021, a jury issued a verdict all too rare in American history, the jury found former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three charges of killing George Floyd; second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. Race hardly came up during the course of Chauvin’s 16-day trial in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The prosecution and the defense focused exclusively on the facts in the case and the testimony of expert witnesses. Blacks have undergone tension, anxiety, fear, retaliation and degradation and the idea that the only off ramp for that is a conviction—is somewhat …

There’s nothing as galling, especially these days, for some white people than seeing and hearing Black people continu-ally — some would say everyday — shouting: “Racist this, racist that… Racism, racism, racism…” ad nauseam. “Stop it already. I’m tired of it, had it up to here with “you people” always crying racism… Get off it and get a life al-ready…” Such are the sentiments of perennial hardcore multi-generational racists who are in perpetual (individual/collective) states of denial, living in their bubble-wrapped, pristine environs (for whatever their worth), and always pushing back, choosing not to see beyond their (im)perfect surroundings and …