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Beyond the verdict

Activists and organizers who have dedicated their lives to fighting for criminal-justice reform knew just how rare a thing they were witnessing on April 20, when former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges in the killing of George Floyd.

From 2013 to 2020, according to the Mapping Police Violence project, fewer than 2% of police killings resulted in criminal charges filed against the officer involved; convictions were even more unusual. And so,

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