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The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

The Derek Chauvin verdict was accountability, not justice

The Derek Chauvin verdict was accountability, not justice
Justice for George Floyd looks like cops not killing Black people—or anyone, for that matter.
Evana Upshaw, Opinions Editor April 28, 2021

With the release of former police officer Derek Chauvin’s verdict as guilty on all counts, many Americans collectively exhaled a breath they did not even know they were holding—this was the first time in Minnesota history that a white police officer was found guilty in the death of a Black person....

America needs major police reform

America needs major police reform
The Breonna Taylor case is just one example of our (in)justice system.
Evana Upshaw and Brianna Clark September 30, 2020

The U.S. has a long history of police brutality, and of protesting that brutality. This summer has brought another conversation about police reform into the mainstream.  The resurgence of Black Lives Matter protests this fall are the result of new developments in the case around Breonna Taylor’s...