WASHINGTON, April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CGTN America releases the story on “A History of Police Brutality in Minnesota”. This story is pegged to the historic guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder case in Minnesota.
Chauvin’s triple conviction over the death of George Floyd – an unarmed African American – is just the best known among more than two hundred reported deaths in physical confrontations with Minneapolis police since 2000. Fifty-five, or 26%, were Black.
Dan Williams takes us inside the city’s long and tragic history of police abuse and violence. For many, it is a legacy of unknown pain and suffering, because most cases happened with little or no publicity beyond the city limits.
“The focus for a lot of families is getting their stories out. Because our families are just as important as George Floyd’s family and we feel that just because our stories were not caught on Facebook live and viralled around world does not mean they are not as important,” says Toshira Garraway, the founder of a support group for victims of police brutality.
The piece ends by asking whether justice in the Floyd case will lead to significant change in the way U.S. police treat Blacks – something that so many American citizens are demanding.
(REPORTED BY Dan Williams)
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