Oscar Grant’s family on the Chauvin conviction: ‘This is huge. We’ve been let down so many times’

<p>Oscar Grant’s death in 2009 in Oakland, California, was the first high-profile killing by police caught on cellphone video that went viral</p><p>For the family of Oscar Grant, who was killed by police in 2009, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/20/derek-chauvin-verdict-guilty-murder-george-floyd">guilty verdict</a> for Derek Chauvin was a rare moment of accountability – and a potential turning point in their fight against police brutality.</p><p>“This is a huge moment in the last 12 years of our struggle,” Grant’s uncle, Cephus Johnson, told the Guardian on Tuesday, an hour after a Minneapolis jury <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/20/derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict-george-floyd-analysis">convicted the former officer</a> of second- and third-degree murder, and manslaughter. “To be able to actually witness a conviction on all three charges was extremely emotional. We’ve been let down so many times.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/20/derek-chauvin-verdict-oscar-grant-family">Continue reading...</a>