Whatever the Verdict, the Derek Chauvin Trial Won’t Change Things

Mitchell Plitnick
6 min readApr 20, 2021

As I write this, a jury is deliberating the fate of former cop Derek Chauvin, who murdered George Floyd in front of the whole world. There will be no happy ending in this case.

I’d guess that most people believe Chauvin will be found guilty, but would it really be that shocking to see the jury deadlock because one or more of them thought he was a cop…

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Author of "Except for Palestine," with Marc Lamont Hill. President of ReThinking Foreign Policy. Policy analyst for 20 years.