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Kamala Harris Says Guilty Verdict For Derek Chauvin Isn’t Enough
The Federalist ^ | 04/20/2021 | Jordan Davidson

Posted on 04/20/2021 7:29:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind


Vice President Kamala Harris said that while the jury in former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial may have found him guilty of murdering George Floyd, their verdict is not enough to “heal the pain that existed for generations.”

“Let’s say there is a guilty verdict on the highest charge, it will not take away the pain of the Floyd family. It will not take away the pain of the communities, all communities, regardless of their color or geographic location, that felt sadness and anger in what they witnessed in that video,” Harris told CNN on Tuesday shortly before Chauvin was convicted on all charges.

While Harris signaled that the “consequence and accountability” for Chauvin is a step in the right direction, she continued to spout off why judicial justice won’t remedy the “pain” caused by years of what she has previously called rogue policing.

“This verdict is but a piece of it and it will not heal the pain that existed for generations, that has existed for generations among people who have experienced and first-hand witnessed what now a broader public is seeing because of smartphones and the ubiquity of our ability to videotape in real-time what is happening in front of our faces. And that is the reality of it,” Harris continued.

Others echoed Harris’s words after the jury’s verdict was announced on Tuesday afternoon. The vice president’s sister Maya Harris claimed that a “just verdict is not the same as justice.”

Let’s be clear: A just verdict is not the same as justice.

— Maya Harris (@mayaharris_) April 20, 2021

Activist groups were also quick to note that while they were happy with the guilty on all charges verdict, “the conviction of Derek Chauvin doesn’t absolve policing as a whole.”

Our hearts are with the family of #GeorgeFloyd and the millions who have acted in defense of Black lives over the past 11 months. A moment of relief is here for many as the trial is over, yet the conviction of Derek Chauvin doesn’t absolve policing as a whole. #DefundThePolice

pic.twitter.com/JthTdkVTDV

— Movement 4 Black Lives (@Mvmnt4BlkLives) April 20, 2021

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison qualified his words in a press conference shortly after Chauvin was taken away in handcuffs.

“I would not call today’s verdict justice, however, because justice implies restoration. But it is accountability,” he said.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison: "I would not call today's verdict justice, however—because justice implies restoration. But it is accountability." https://t.co/6nN46Fosol pic.twitter.com/u2EHNl6qbN

— ABC News (@ABC) April 20, 2021



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: bloggers; chauvin; derekchauvin; domesticterrorist; georgefloyd; guiltyverdict; hyena; hyenaharris; impeachharris; kamalaharris; minneapolis; minnesota
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To: SeekAndFind

All the speechifying from theft of late reminds one of the Two Minutes Hate. Same effect, I imagine.


101 posted on 04/21/2021 5:43:28 AM PDT by MarDav
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To: SeekAndFind

Leftists are like M.A.D.D.

The goal is never achieved

It’s the trying that matters infinitely


102 posted on 04/21/2021 5:47:19 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG lz’’z:s)
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To: SeekAndFind

She is inciting riots again.


103 posted on 04/21/2021 5:48:45 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: cquiggy

And loose shoes...


104 posted on 04/21/2021 5:49:52 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG lz’’z:s)
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To: SeekAndFind

Nothing short of communist revolution will satisfy the mob.


105 posted on 04/21/2021 7:13:06 AM PDT by dixie1202
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To: SeekAndFind

“their verdict is not enough to “heal the pain that existed for generations.”

The media has been exposed in the past for collaborating on their daily talking points. It will come to light, one day, that now the media, in conjunction with the democrats, are doing the same.


106 posted on 04/21/2021 9:06:56 AM PDT by suthener
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
"I was banking on this stuff to happen AFTER my demise."

So was I.

107 posted on 04/21/2021 11:42:43 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021 under Biteme.)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat
"Thanks for letting me know that."

Bear in mind, that is just IMHO...
"Opinion" isn't always "fact"... (Except when it's about our new communist rulers...)

108 posted on 04/21/2021 12:10:03 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Secret Agent Man
They have abdicated their enumerated powers derived from The People. We take them back and deal with the problem ourselves if we have to. If government fails in their duties, the power reverts back to us. Its that simple. True, since things are broken, it is up to the people to take care of things to repair the system. BTW, IIRC, I think even the late Prince Philip had a similar quote, if that is the case, he's was a much better American than many "Americans." Even so, as another Freeper put it, we might see at some tipping point where things go Bronson along with Snake Plisskin and Dirty Harry tossed in.
109 posted on 04/21/2021 1:58:34 PM PDT by MrLucky1966 (GOVT.SYS CORRUPTED! RUN GUN.COM? (Y/Y) GUN.COM NOT FOUND, EXECUTE BASEBALL.BAT? (Y/Y))
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