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20 Apr, 3 tweets, 3 min read
TUNE IN: President and Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF joins @chrislhayes tonight on @allinwithchris to discuss the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict. Tune in LIVE at 8 PM ET! ImageImage
"When we see how we felt today as we waited for it, it's a window into how often the justice system has failed us...So we have a deep systemic problem, and this verdict was important, especially for the family, but we have lots of work to do." #ChauvinVerdict
"He's looking at us like that because he doesn't think anything will happen to him." --@Sifill_LDF

We've heard the narrative time and time again of the Black victim with "superhuman strength" who frightened the white officer. It didn't work this time.

#ChauvinVerdict

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