Derek Chauvin’s Mother is the Epitome of White Privilege
She Wouldn’t Even Say George Floyd’s Name
Killer-cop Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 270 months, or twenty-two and one-half years, in prison for the murder of George Floyd. However, all experts agree that with “good behavior,” he will likely spend no more than fifteen years behind bars.
Today’s (June 25) sentencing hearing opened with “victim impact statements” from both the murdered victim’s and the convicted murderer’s families.
In the case of George Floyd’s family, two of his brothers and one nephew gave hard-to-watch, tearful and heart-wrenching statements about the murder of their loved one. People, particularly black people, across the country, across the world, cried right along with these three grown black men as they each struggled mightily to not only describe but to understand their constant pain, their sleepless nights, as they looked back upon the precious but now forever lost moments and hours and years they spent with George. Those moments, hours and years are now only accessible as memories or photos or endlessly looping videos of the man they not only loved but revered and respected.
Black people cried right along with these men as well because to a greater or lesser degree, what Derek Chauvin did to their brother, to their…
