by Starlette Thomas | May 3, 2021 | Opinion
Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Derek Chauvin was found guilty three times over, convicted of the death of George Floyd by a jury of his peers. The verdict is in. Now, we all know who killed George Floyd. That’s certain, crystal clear like the tears I cried in sweet relief....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 28, 2021 | Opinion
I’ve been thinking a lot about breathing lately. How could I not? When George Floyd lay dying with a policeman’s knee on his neck, video recorded him as pleading, time and again, “I can’t breathe!” And he was telling the truth. He couldn’t breathe, and he died. In...
by Ken Sehested | Apr 26, 2021 | Opinion
The NPR radio host said the jury in the Derek Chauvin murder trial had reached a verdict. I was pulling out of my driveway, immediately feeling my stomach tighten. Like most, I thought the evidence against him in the death of George Floyd was irreproachable. But, as...
by Wendell Griffen | Apr 22, 2021 | Opinion
It has been almost a year since George Perry Floyd breathed for the last time face down on a street in Minneapolis on the evening of May 25, 2020. It has been almost a year since we learned that the official report issued by the Minneapolis Police Department...
by Leo S. Thorne | Apr 22, 2021 | Opinion
I can exhale – at least for a moment. I hope that the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd becomes an inflection point to at least begin moving this country to seriously address a systemic problem that has haunted the United States since...
