LEAST FROM THIS CASE, IN TERMS >> Kim: IF YOU’RE JUST TUNING
>> Kim: IF YOU’RE JUST TUNING
IN, WE WANT TO RECAP.
>> Devin: DEREK CHAUVIN FOUND
GUILTY ON ALL THREE COUNTS.
>> Kim: WE KICK OFF WITH PAULA
TUTMAN TONIGHT.
>> Devin: YOU’VE BEEN GATHERING
REACTION FROM LOCAL FAITH
LEADERS.
>> Paula: THANK YOU FOR ASKING
ME ON.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I’M
GATHERING REACTIONS FROM NOT
ONLY FAITH LEADERS BUT ALSO LAW
ENFORCEMENT, AND THE RESPONSE IS
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
THERE’S A GREAT DEAL OF RELIEF.
THERE’S A SENSE THAT THERE HAD
BEEN SOME ACCOUNTING THOUGH IT’S
NOT OVER YET.
SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY
EMOTIONAL.
SOME ARE SAYING THIS IS GOING TO
CHANGE POLICING, BUT THIS IS A
CLARION CALL THAT EVERYONE
ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO PAY
ATTENTION TO.
THE FACT THAT OFFICER DEREK
CHAUVIN WAS FOUND GUILTY ON ALL
THREE COUNTS.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE HAS
BEEN DONE, AND I’M PRAYING FOR
THE FLOYD FAMILY, THE CHAUVIN
FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, IT’S A NO-WIN.
IT DOESN’T BRING GEORGE FLOYD
BACK.
THE FAMILY RECEIVED A
MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR SETTLEMENT,
SO I HEAR AND UNDERSTAND.
BUT IT DOESN’T BRING HIS BROTHER
BACK OR HIS FATHER BACK.
AND THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN
CHANGED FOREVER.
>> I FEEL LIKE JUSTICE HAD BEEN
DONE, JUSTICE THAT HAS BEEN
DENIED AND DELAYED SO MANY TIMES
FOR MY AFRICAN-AMERICAN SISTERS
AND BROTHERS IN THIS COUNTRY AND
WE ARE BEGINNING TO MAKE THE CHANGE, AND TO BEGIN TO CONFRONT
CHANGE, AND TO BEGIN TO CONFRONT
THE SYSTEMATIC RACISM THAT IS SO
PREVALENT IN OUR SOCIETY.
>> WHAT I THINK AMERICA AND SO
MANY OF US CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF
RELIEF THAT WE GOT THIS ONE
GUILTY VERDICT OUT OF SO MANY,
MANY MORE.
THERE IS NO JOY IN THIS PAULA.
IT IS ONLY JUSTICE.
I AM GLAD THAT GEORGE FLOYD’S
FAMILY CAN RECEIVE SOME JUSTICE.
THE FACT THAT HE HAS BEEN
ACKNOWLEDGED AS BEING A HUMAN
BEING AND THAT HIS LIFE DID AND
DOES MATTER.
I THINK THAT SENDS A CLEAR
SIGNAL TO THE REST OF THE NATION
THAT OUR LIVES DO MATTER, AND I
THINK ABOUT THE HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN
WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED OVER THE
YEARS ABOUT ROGUE POLICE
OFFICERS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE
NEVER GOTTEN JUSTICE.
BUT TODAY, WE GOT SOME SEMBLANCE
OF JUSTICE.
>> Paula: YOU KNOW WHAT I ALSO
WANT TO MAKE CLEAR?
THUS FAR WITH EVERYONE I’VE
SPOKEN TO, NO ONE IS SAYING
ABOLISH POLICE.
NO ONE IS SAYING WE DON’T NEED
POLICING.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IS WE NEED
GOOD POLICING, TRAINING,
TRAINING, TRAINING.
AND IN FACT WHEN I TALKED TO
MACOMB COUNTY SHERIFF ANTHONY
WICKERSHAM, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
HOW NOT NECESSARILY THAT THIS
CHANGES POLICING BUT -- I DON’T
WANT TO SAY IT DOESN’T CHANGE
POLICING BUT SHOULD CERTAINLY
CHANGE THE WAY POLICE LOOK AT
DEESCALATION.
HE WAS FIRST TO SAY THERE WERE
OTHER OFFICERS WHO SHOULD HAVE
SAID, HEY, MAN, ENOUGH.
AS SOON AS YOU HAD HIM TO THE
GROUND, THAT’S ENOUGH.
THEY SHOULD HAVE CUFFED HIM AND
CALLED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND TAKEN
HIM TO JAIL AND WE WOULDN’T BE
TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS DOES CHANGE A LOT, BUT
IT DOESN’T CHANGE EVERYTHING.
WE’RE GONNA HAVE MORE REACTION.
COMING UP AT 6:00, I’M
CONTINUING TO DO THESE
INTERVIEWS AND EVERYONE HAS
SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO SAY, BUT
THUS FAR, I HAVE SEEN NO JOY.
I HAVE SEEN RELIEF IN THE SENSE