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Noon Wednesday: Reaction to Chauvin Murder Conviction

By Marisa Wojcik | Here & Now

April 22, 2021

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The jury in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin found him guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd. Angela Lang, executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities talks about reactions and what comes next.

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Angela Lang

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A group of protestors march along a street at night while holding a fabric banner on two poles with the words Justice for Corey Ruiz, with buildings and trees on either side, and with an illuminated theater marquee sign reading New Orpheum and an illuminated dome of Beaux-Arts style building topped by a gilt statue in the background.

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Madison grapples with Ruiz shooting as signature city events get canceled

Ben Crump speaks and gestures with his right hand while standing behind a wood podium with multiple microphones with the flags of different media organizations affixed to its surface, with Veronica Ruiz standing to his side holding her face in her hands and Sheila Stubbs holding Ruiz's left arm, in a room with a carved fireplace lintel, the Wisconsin flag, an electric wall sconce and toile wallpaper.

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Attorney for the Ruiz family says Madison police officer should be criminally charged

A still image shows a crowd of people marching on the steps of the state Capitol, with a woman wearing a black graphic t-shirt in the foreground holding a sign that reads 'Justice for COREY!!!

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Fallout from fatal Madison police shooting of Corey Ruiz

A still image shows Ryan Graham in front of a blurred background, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Ryan Graham' and 'Wisconsin Balance of State Continuum of Care.'

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Ryan Graham on northeast Wisconsin's homeless resources

A sedan with a driver raising their left arm in a fist out the window and an open driver-side rear door as two people sit on its roof and hold a U.S. flag in the air drives along one side of a boulevard, with a large group of people walking behind across multiple lanes of the street, with trees and multi-story buildings on either side, and the a Beaux-Arts style building with a dome at the top of a low hill in the background.

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Fatal police shooting of Corey Ruiz roils Madison, sparking protests in the city

A bus and other vehicles drive along a city street through and past an intersection where traffic lights are illuminated yellow, with brick buildings on either side of the street, with trees and utility poles and traffic signs along the sidewalks.

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Madison police officer shoots and kills a man in a street on the city's east side