Minneapolis community leaders reflect on Chauvin verdict and the challenges ahead
Early Tuesday afternoon, as the country awaited the jury’s verdict in the trial of former Police Officer Derek Chauvin, Titilayo Bediako was leading a food drive in North Minneapolis. “We don’t need white America to see us in terms of tragedy,” Bediako, the executive director of the , a nonprofit dedicated to the academic and social advancement of Black youth in Minneapolis, told Yahoo News. “We need to be seen at all times. ... Black folks have been here forcefully since 1619, and it’s 2021 and we are still trying to get the same rights of ...
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