There’s hope for racial justice in America. But it comes from the people – not the courts | Simon Balto

<p>While I don’t find hope in one man’s conviction, I do find it in multitudes elsewhere</p><p>On Tuesday afternoon, a jury confirmed what many of us have known to be true for the better part of a year: the former Minneapolis police department officer Derek Chauvin was guilty of murdering George Floyd.</p><p>On Wednesday morning, US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a justice department pattern-or-practice probe to determine if the Minneapolis police department’s general operating norms are unlawful and unconstitutional, in violation of the rights of the citizens they police.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/22/derek-chauvin-verdict-police-race-us">Continue reading...</a>