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No, Nancy. George Floyd Did Not Sacrifice His Life for Justice. Derek Chauvin Took It.

In a moment of peak tone-deafness made after the guilty conviction of Derek Chauvin, Speaker Nancy Pelosi thanked George Floyd for "sacrificing his life for justice."

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Donney Rose
Apr 21, 2021
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Yesterday afternoon Derek Chauvin was rightfully convicted on three counts of murder for killing George Floyd last May. In a deliberation that only took 10.5 hours, all 12 jurors unanimously came to the decision that Chauvin was guilty of every charge levied against him. As the world watched with great anxiety of wh…

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