Written by Alexis Karteron , Rutgers University - Newark ; Jeannine Bell , Indiana University ; Rashad Shabazz , Arizona State University , and Ric Simmons , The Ohio State University ____ Scholars analyze the guilty verdicts handed down to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Outside the courthouse, crowds cheered and church bells sounded – a collective release in a city scarred by police killings. Minnesota’s attorney general, whose office led the prosecution, said he would not call the verdict “justice, however” because “justice implies restoration” – but he would call it “accountability.”
