What's next for police reform after the guilty Chauvin verdict?
Publisher |
USA TODAY
Wondery
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
News & Politics
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Daily News
News
Publication Date |
Apr 25, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:14:08

Many people weren't expecting a guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial this week, because there’s almost no precedent of white police officers being convicted for killing Black people in the U.S.

Since George Floyd was killed less than a year ago, over 960 people have been killed by police, according to the research group Mapping Police Violence. So, what are we doing to make sure the police stop killing people?

Reporters N'dea Yancey Bragg and Grace Hauck explain where reform efforts have failed and where reform measures have been left unenforced in Minneapolis, Chicago, and across the country.

Activists who celebrated the guilty Chauvin verdict as a measure of accountability say there's not much else to celebrate right now regarding the future of police reform.

Additional reading:

What if there isn't a video? For families of people killed by police, it's 'not a fair fight'

Columbus police release bodycam footage, identify officer in fatal shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant

White cops have been convicted of killing a Black person before, but it's rare

This Is America: Lessons I learned from covering the Derek Chauvin trial

Podcast transcript linked here. Also available at art19.com/shows/5-Things.

Activists who applauded the guilty Chauvin verdict say there's not much else to celebrate right now.

Many people weren't expecting a guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial this week, because there’s almost no precedent of white police officers being convicted for killing Black people in the U.S.

Since George Floyd was killed less than a year ago, over 960 people have been killed by police, according to the research group Mapping Police Violence. So, what are we doing to make sure the police stop killing people?

Reporters N'dea Yancey Bragg and Grace Hauck explain where reform efforts have failed and where reform measures have been left unenforced in Minneapolis, Chicago, and across the country.

Activists who celebrated the guilty Chauvin verdict as a measure of accountability say there's not much else to celebrate right now regarding the future of police reform.

Additional reading:

What if there isn't a video? For families of people killed by police, it's 'not a fair fight'

Columbus police release bodycam footage, identify officer in fatal shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant

White cops have been convicted of killing a Black person before, but it's rare

This Is America: Lessons I learned from covering the Derek Chauvin trial

Podcast transcript linked here. Also available at art19.com/shows/5-Things.

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