There are 5 article(s) tagged Derek Chauvin:

• June 2021

  • ‘Not enough,’ local activists say about Chauvin sentence

    Memphis activists react after former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s death, was sentenced to 22½ years in prison. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 25, 2021

• April 2021

  • Opinion: The Chauvin verdict is about more than one bad cop

    Derek Chauvin’s conviction should continue the reckoning on race that started after Floyd’s murder shocked the world 11 months ago. A reckoning we have longed for since the night Thomas Moss and his companions were taken out and lynched in Memphis.

    By Otis Sanford April 21, 2021

  • Ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin found guilty on all charges

    The jury reached its verdict on the George Floyd case Tuesday after deliberating about 10 hours over two days in a city on edge against another outbreak of unrest.

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    Local activists react with tears of joy to guilty verdict in Minneapolis trial

    By The Associated Press April 20, 2021

  • Local activists react with tears of joy to guilty verdict in Minneapolis trial

    Local activists shed tears of joy after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on murder and manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd. 

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    Ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin found guilty on all charges

    By Yolanda Jones April 20, 2021

  • Opinion: Derek Chauvin trial is must-see TV thanks to legendary Memphis lawyer

    As I have watched the evidence meticulously unfold against Chauvin, I have also thought about the highly-respected late Memphis attorney S. Shepherd Tate and the role he played in making televised trials possible.

    By Otis Sanford April 08, 2021