Derek Chauvin’s verdict was a glimpse of hope, receive it
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Mixed feelings I was at the park with my kids when I heard the news. We got the update that the Derek Chauvin verdict would be announced within 90 minutes, and right as 90 minutes was up we heard the verdict. The speed of the jury’s answer assured me that he would be convicted, but my heart and my experience told me otherwise. So many times, killer cops have been let off the hook, and so I wondered how this time could be any different. My emotions and my experience prevailed over my rationality that the speed of the verdict and the egregious actions of Derek Chauvin, recorded for all of us to see, were enough that he would indeed be convicted. And he was.
Derek Chauvin’s verdict was a glimpse of hope, receive it
Derek Chauvin’s verdict was a glimpse of…
Derek Chauvin’s verdict was a glimpse of hope, receive it
Mixed feelings I was at the park with my kids when I heard the news. We got the update that the Derek Chauvin verdict would be announced within 90 minutes, and right as 90 minutes was up we heard the verdict. The speed of the jury’s answer assured me that he would be convicted, but my heart and my experience told me otherwise. So many times, killer cops have been let off the hook, and so I wondered how this time could be any different. My emotions and my experience prevailed over my rationality that the speed of the verdict and the egregious actions of Derek Chauvin, recorded for all of us to see, were enough that he would indeed be convicted. And he was.