This week America has a choice to break a vicious cycle of letting white men off for lynching Black folk
The trial of Derek Chauvin is one of the three most important trials at the center of race and America of the past 100 years. What happens next is everything.
30 years ago, 4 white cops from the LAPD were found not guilty for their brutal beating of Rodney King. It was filmed. They broke the law. They struck this unarmed, non-violent man over 50 different times. They violated countless policies. But were set free anyway.
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