… The verdict was guilty on all counts. A very extraordinary story, a killer cop convicted; paired with an all too ordinary story, an unarmed Black man killed.
The bipartisan consensus that Chauvin was guilty is another extraordinary result. But, that does not mean that we as a nation are all that much closer to seeing eye to eye on these issues. Racial injustice is intertwined with the DNA of this country. Disentangling the two will not be the work of a moment or one guilty verdict.
It is also a reminder of the many polarizing issues that simmer beneath the surface of our COVID-preoccupied present. Once the pandemic recedes into the distance, they will still be there. CONTINUED
Clifford Young, Ipsos
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