Posted on 04/20/2021 7:29:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Vice President Kamala Harris said that while the jury in former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial may have found him guilty of murdering George Floyd, their verdict is not enough to “heal the pain that existed for generations.”
“Let’s say there is a guilty verdict on the highest charge, it will not take away the pain of the Floyd family. It will not take away the pain of the communities, all communities, regardless of their color or geographic location, that felt sadness and anger in what they witnessed in that video,” Harris told CNN on Tuesday shortly before Chauvin was convicted on all charges.
While Harris signaled that the “consequence and accountability” for Chauvin is a step in the right direction, she continued to spout off why judicial justice won’t remedy the “pain” caused by years of what she has previously called rogue policing.
“This verdict is but a piece of it and it will not heal the pain that existed for generations, that has existed for generations among people who have experienced and first-hand witnessed what now a broader public is seeing because of smartphones and the ubiquity of our ability to videotape in real-time what is happening in front of our faces. And that is the reality of it,” Harris continued.
Others echoed Harris’s words after the jury’s verdict was announced on Tuesday afternoon. The vice president’s sister Maya Harris claimed that a “just verdict is not the same as justice.”
Let’s be clear: A just verdict is not the same as justice.
— Maya Harris (@mayaharris_) April 20, 2021
Activist groups were also quick to note that while they were happy with the guilty on all charges verdict, “the conviction of Derek Chauvin doesn’t absolve policing as a whole.”
Our hearts are with the family of #GeorgeFloyd and the millions who have acted in defense of Black lives over the past 11 months. A moment of relief is here for many as the trial is over, yet the conviction of Derek Chauvin doesn’t absolve policing as a whole. #DefundThePolice
pic.twitter.com/JthTdkVTDV— Movement 4 Black Lives (@Mvmnt4BlkLives) April 20, 2021
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison qualified his words in a press conference shortly after Chauvin was taken away in handcuffs.
“I would not call today’s verdict justice, however, because justice implies restoration. But it is accountability,” he said.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison: "I would not call today's verdict justice, however—because justice implies restoration. But it is accountability." https://t.co/6nN46Fosol pic.twitter.com/u2EHNl6qbN
— ABC News (@ABC) April 20, 2021
And any reparations given won’t be enough either. There will never be redress with these people. Trying to placate them is only making things worse for us.
The Federalist has, long since, been a propaganda tool of the globalist RINO deep state...
Just look at some of their "highly qualified" conservatives they have nominated for SCOTUS and how they turned out...
Some might think that referencing the Federalist is analogous to teaching your children about sex by referencing porn web sites...
I'd rather read something from Izvestia Известия...
Sometimes it actually reports facts and lets the reader draw conclusions...
Nothing is going to give. Current regime will win in bigger numbers, haven’t you seen the 59% approval rating? Most beloved government ever!
I’m to the point where we might as well give them all the rope they want so they can hang themselves.
Guess what’s coming? Reparations.
Then the Chinese and Russians are free to come in.
Agree. Never cave to the Left. They will never stop.
We should turn an Indian tribe on this moronic strumpet. The Slapahos.
Polls........I don’t trust them any of them. Approval rating by polling radical Demonrats with a few Republicans thrown in to make it not so slanted.....
I agree with your exact words.
Very interesting and probably right as far as America not being significant in the last days. I’ve said I can’t stand this at times, turn it over to God, then get back in the thick of it.....turn it over to God. I’m just waiting for the Rapture. I’m old and I’ve seen a lot of things in this country but never this bad. Satan is on a rampage. God help us.......
My sister teaches math to middle school kids in Baltimore. Her students are largely poor ghetto kids. She gets remarkable results and a few DO actually want to get ahead in life.
You are right. These days, being “anti-racist” means teaching the opposite of all those qualities because those qualities and attributes are perceived as the core essence of white supremacy.
My sister’s school now largely pushes ignorance, hatred, defiance, and violence as the future.
“Unreal” is right.
That’s the plan. Yup.
So war it is.
I’m unaware of any evidence of racism in this case.
The speed at which these things are occurring; the madness, the lies, the deception, the in-your-face spirit of antichrist things...
I never thought we’d witness as much of it.
The 7 years have not started yet, IMHO. Because if the two witnesses were here, the world would definitely know it.
So keep praying and keep looking up. Luke 21:34-36
Well, she’s not Vice President.
They are frauds who “won” by election fraud.
She is not Vice President and is illegitimately claiming to be so.
(not that you said we’re in the 7 year Tribulation - comment was for the thread)
Yep, that Old Serpent is preparing the world for his Antichrist. His false prophets are doing as much work as they can. The Lord rebuke them; but we know they will have a little while with their evil.
And then there’s the “UFO” thing - it’s almost as if they expect something is about to happen.
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