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Derek Chauvin

SOURCE: Washington Post
4/20/2021

By Bearing Witness — And Hitting ‘Record’ — 17-Year-Old Darnella Frazier May Have Changed The World

“The world needed to see what I was seeing,” she said.

SOURCE: Politico
4/20/2021

The Chauvin Verdict: ‘The Terrain Going Forward Will Not Be the Same’

Historians Keisha N. Blain and Simon Balto, with legal scholar Rosa Brooks, are among experts commenting on the significance of the conviction of Derek Chauvin of charges including third degree murder for the death of George Floyd.