Today, a jury in Hennepin County, Minnesota, convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on all three charges of murder and manslaughter following the horrific killing of George Floyd last May. https://eji.org/news/derek-chauvin-convicted-in-killing-of-george-floyd/

While today’s verdict restores some hope that our system can be responsive to unnecessary violence by police, we have a long way to go. We believe that change requires more truth-telling about our past and our present.

The presumption of guilt assigned to Black and brown people makes their victimization by police, prosecutors, judges, and prison officials tolerable to many people in this country. That did not change with today’s verdict, but it must change if this country is to make progress.