The sentencing of ex-policeman Derek Chauvin to 22 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, marks a turning point in the history of racial tensions in the United States. Beyond the relief of the relatives of the victim, who agonized for more than nine minutes in a street of Minneapolis (Minnesota, Great Lakes region), the neck crushed by a knee, the hope remains of seeing a reform take place the behavior of the police and the functioning of criminal justice, two institutions marked by the weight of racial discrimination.
"The issue of police violence is finally taken seriously,
" said Friday, after the delivery of the verdict, the sister of the deceased, Bridgett Floyd,
but we have a long way to go before black and brown people start to feel like they are being treated fairly and humanely by law enforcement in this country. ”
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