But I’ve also been thinking about this in term - battle, in a broader context of a war, and that war being justice for Black people and for BIPOC people and for poor people in this country. I think that this verdict - I’ve been thinking a lot about how to respect the family’s sense of closure and what they deserve in the delivery of accountability in this case. KHALIL GIBRAN MUHAMMAD: Good morning, Amy. Respond to the verdict, but then talk about the beginning of policing in America and its connection to slave patrols. Professor Muhammad, welcome back to Democracy Now! It’s great to have you with us. Three weeks after the start of the trial, that was watched around the world, and after 10 hours of deliberation, a jury of 12 Hennepin County residents delivered their guilty verdicts Tuesday on all three counts against former police officer Derek Chauvin, who murdered George Floyd last May by kneeling on his back for nine-and-a-half minutes.Īs we continue to discuss the verdict and its implications, we’re joined by Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor of history, race and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!,, The Quarantine Report.
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