With fist raised, Raj Sethuraju, helps carry a mock coffin during a silent march for justice for George Floyd in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota on the day before the beginning of the trial of Derek Chauvin.

Statement on Derek Chauvin’s Prison Sentence for the Murder of George Floyd

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There are three words to keep in mind as to Derek Chauvin’s prison sentence: severity, rarity, and legitimacy. Americans will judge this sentence, based on both the severity of the sentence and the rarity of punishing police, to determine its legitimacy. This rarity of police accountability and the modest severity of the Chauvin sentence in no …

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