Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David on Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Verdict

by Alberto Morales

Today, in response to a guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial, Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David released the following statement:

Today, humanity won over indifference. This verdict will not bring George Floyd back, but it does hold one officer accountable for the killing of one Black person. George Floyd’s story has inspired a movement around the world for racial justice. While we welcome exercising police accountability as a crucial step towards dismantling abusive, discriminatory policing, we also know that there is more work to be done to protect all Black lives. We should take a solemn moment to grieve with the Floyd family as we pursue the systemic change necessary to end police killings of Black people and to remove the structures that support white supremacy from our society once and for all."

Alphonso David, Human Rights Campaign President

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