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
That would be, um, racism unto genocide.
“heal the pain that existed for generations.”
Such BS. Get on with your lives. Eschew violence. Don’t kill people. Don’t attack police. Obey the police commands. Take the damned chips off your shoulders. Get an education. Develop a career. Raise a family Strive to get ahead. Millions of black Americans do that every day. Why do these rotten “activists” and politicians get this press and platform for fomenting hate every single day?
For the answer, ask Patrice Cullors who hit the BLM jackpot.
[They’re destroying America]
I’ve been telling people for years. America, as it exists, is not significant enough to be mentioned in the Bible in the Last Days. Look how rapidly it is being destroyed.
It’s jaw-dropping. NO, I am NOT happy about it. Not at all.
But America is the last domino to fall to get a New World Order. At least in the Western world.
Eventually, Satan’s Antichrist will lead that New World Order - and they’ll eventually target Israel for destruction.
After first pretending to be a friend of Israel for 3-1/2 years.
.@RealCandaceO on Tucker Tonight - Wow pic.twitter.com/oEerVrYNSw— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 21, 2021
I thought she was excellent, but...she is pretty much a lone voice calling out....no strong voices to back her up, that's for sure. At least not any other conservatives standing up and demanding an end to this nonsense.
Free liquor, nike’s,reparations,and suspension of all laws for african americans in 3,2,1
Nice garage door puller!
I, and others, would be arrested if we put in writing and/or acted on what we really want to happen in regards Camel Harris and MaxHate Waters re their actions to overthrow the rule of law and the rights of the multi-millions of law abiding American citizens populating our great country. They’ve just about pushed us too far.
I agree with her actually. A pack of smokes, a sixer and a tall boy ought to do the trick though. They didn’t get the new free TV from WalMart they were counting on today, you know, if the verdict didn’t go their way. But smokes, a sixer, and a tall boy should do.
Get on with your lives. Eschew violence. Don’t kill people. Don’t attack police. Obey the police commands. Take the damned chips off your shoulders. Get an education. Develop a career. Raise a family Strive to get ahead. Millions of black Americans do that every day. Why do these rotten “activists” and politicians get this press and platform for fomenting hate every single day?
The leftists (including RINOs) have demanded that all of the above (How to have a civil society) NOT be taught. In fact, they’ve taught how to fight/oppose all of the above. They’ve now gaslighted to make it all ‘racist’ and ‘supremist’....just for being a civil person and wanting a civil, “privileged” society.
Just unreal.
As Candace Owen so perfectly said, tonight....the leftists have trained these people to be mean/violent....to be their pawns.
Pretty much spot on.
Say a prayer for Joe Biden, yes I am serious.
RE: Say a prayer for Joe Biden, yes I am serious.
How shall we pray for him?
I agree!
The only solution is total repatriation back to their ancestral point of origin.. ASAP!
I'll even foot the bill for notifications to the South Atlantic shark population...
Will $27M take away the pain?
The Constitution says she can’t be VP, but absolutely no one in the District of Corruption will uphold it.
The founders were absolutely correct to exclude the children of foreigners with the natural born citizen clause.
I see this so called Vice President and I want to vomit because she’s always acting inappropriately like a teeny bopper.Her big problem is learning when she should keep her big mouth shut.
She’s an embarrassment to the country.
Just what this country needed was two clowns running the circus.The only problem is this circus has life and death issues for the American Citizen.
One step from the presidency.
Setting the table for reparations.
Evil Bitch.
BINGO.
Cold cash will be the balm for the wounds!
That he stays alive.
Harris would be a nightmare.
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