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A journalist watches their mobile phone showing Derek Chauvin as the verdict in his trial over the death of George Floyd is announced in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 20, 2021. - Sacked police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter on april 20 in the death of African-American George Floyd in a case that roiled the United States for almost a year, laying bare deep racial divisions. (KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Is Derek Chauvin a useful villain?

Jeff Cohen
A local news team broadcasts outside the Hennepin County Government Center on April 8, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Media freedom led to Chauvin conviction

Michael J. Socolow - The Conversation
People react after the verdict was read in the Derek Chauvin trial on April 20, 2021 In Minneapolis, Minnesota. Former police officer Derek Chauvin was on trial on second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd May 25, 2020.  After video was released of then-officer Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds, protests broke out across the U.S. and around the world. The jury found Chauvin guilty on all three charges. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Experts react to Chauvin guilty verdict

Alexis Karteron, Jeannine Bell, Rashad Shabazz - The Conversation
OJ Adeyemi and daughter Adenike listen to people speak before they march through the streets after the verdict was announced for Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021 in Atlanta, United States. Former police officer Derek Chauvin was on trial on second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd May 25, 2020. After video was released of then-officer Chauvin kneeling on Floyds neck for nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds, protests broke out across the U.S. and around the world. The jury found Chauvin guilty on all three charges. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Is Chauvin verdict "justice"? Not really

Chauncey DeVega
Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The right makes Derek Chauvin a martyr

Amanda Marcotte
Tomi Lahren (Getty/Joshua Blanchard)

Right outraged by Chauvin verdict

Zachary Petrizzo
A journalist watches their mobile phone showing Derek Chauvin taking back into custody after the verdict in his trial over the death of George Floyd has been announced in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 20, 2021. - Sacked police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter on april 20 in the death of African-American George Floyd in a case that roiled the United States for almost a year, laying bare deep racial divisions. (KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

The impressive trial of Derek Chauvin

Heather Digby Parton
Protesters gather in a call for justice for George Floyd, a black man who died after a white policeman kneeled on his neck for several minutes, at Hennepin County Government Plaza, on May 28, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Guilty: Jury says Chauvin killed Floyd

Jon Skolnik
Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Maxine Waters and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP attacks on Waters and white whining

Amanda Marcotte
Demonstrators hold "Black Lives Matter" signs as they participate in the "Justice for George Floyd" march outside the Minnesota State Capitol on March 19, 2021 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. (KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

The GOP's free speech problem

Jon Skolnik
Protesters march through Logan Square neighborhood during a rally on April 16, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. The rally was held to protest the killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a Chicago Police officer on March 29th. (Max Herman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Protests spread as Chauvin trial ends

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
A protester holds a sign with a photo of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin during demonstrations following the death of George Floyd on May 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Chauvin was taken into custody for Floyd's death. Chauvin has been accused of kneeling on Floyd's neck as he pleaded with him about not being able to breathe. Floyd was pronounced dead a short while later. Chauvin and 3 other officers, who were involved in the arrest, were fired from the police department after a video of the arrest was circulated. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

America isn't on trial. Derek Chauvin is

D. Watkins
Protesters, demanding justice for George Floyd, gather in front of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota United States on April 9, 2021. (Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Do facts matter in a post-Trump America?

Amanda Marcotte
George Floyd (Offices of Ben Crump Law)

LAPD investigating racist "Valentine"

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story
Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Tucker links impeachment to George Floyd

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story
A protester carries a sign that reads "Defund The Police" during the Black Women Matter "Say Her Name" march on July 3, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. Protests continue around the country after the death of African Americans while in police custody. (Eze Amos/Getty Images)

Murder data debunks "defund-crime" link

Igor Derysh
(Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

George Floyd and the white gaze

Niki Herd
Guns for sale at a Walmart, July 19, 2000. (Photo by Newsmakers)

Walmart pulls guns amid unrest concerns

Igor Derysh
Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Carlson: Every story about Floyd "a lie"

Roger Sollenberger
A memorial and mural that honors George Floyd at the Scott Food Mart corner store in Houston's Third Ward where Mr. Floyd grew up on June 8, 2020 in Houston, Texas (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The dark spectacle of racist violence

Kondwani Fidel
Law enforcement officers search through a crack house following a raid. (Steve Starr/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Reform police? Decriminalize drugs

Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch
A person holds a banner referring to the Qanon conspiracy theory during a alt-right rally on August 17, 2019 in Portland, Oregon (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

An ex-CIA agent incites far-right hate

Alex Henderson - Alternet
(Getty/Spencer Platt)

Rage wins elections but harms democracy

Steven Webster - The Conversation
Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tucker Carlson: "We must defeat" BLM

Roger Sollenberger
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