Today on Velshi, cities across the country are preparing for potential flashpoints of protest

as the Derek Chobin murder trial is about to be handed to the jury amid a slew of new police

killings that are igniting fresh rounds of protest and clashes with police.

Plus, you've heard the calls to defund the police, but there are more targeted ways to

keep police out of situations where the cop can become the most dangerous part of the equation.

We'll talk to the person who's doing exactly that in one American city right now and a fact

check on some of your favorite giant corporations explaining that they just don't want to

get political on voting rights.

Spoiler alert, they're lying. Velshi starts now.

Good morning. I'm Ali Velshi. It's Sunday, April 18th, and we are just 26 hours away from closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin.

George Floyd's death under Derek Chauvin's knee ignited the largest racial equality and police reform movement in decades,

one that's only intensified over the last month, during which we have seen several other high-profile police-involved shootings

of black people. In fact, as the New York Times highlights, quote, since testimony began in the

Derek Chauvin trial on March 29th, at least 64 people have died at the hands of law enforcement

nationwide, with black and Latino people representing more than half of the dead.

As of Saturday, the average was more than three killings a day.

That includes the death of Dante Wright, just 10 miles north of where George Floyd died in the

town of Brooklyn Center. He was shot and killed by 26-year police veteran Kim Potter,

who says she mistook her handgun for a taser.

The now former officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.

And despite a curfew instituted for 11 p.m., there was another night of demonstrations

overnight outside the Brooklyn Center Police Station.

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