Michigan Nonprofit Association Releases Statement Following Verdict in Minneapolis

While Tuesday was a momentous and historic day, we cannot forget that true justice is a world where George Floyd is still alive. True justice is his daughter Gianna being able to hug her father, and Mr. Floyd laughing and talking with his siblings at a family reunion. The fact that millions of people around the country were on pins and needles about the outcome of the verdict tells us that we are far from the end of this fight against inequality. It took a recording, multiple witnesses, and the largest racial justice protests in history to shift public opinion about the true plight of Black people in America. What we got was not justice, it was accountability. Accountability shouldn’t be this hard or this uncertain.

George Floyd’s life mattered. Black lives matter. America has a long, ugly history with racism, and the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the brutal murder of Mr. Floyd is just the first step toward accountability.

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