Derek Chauvin found guilty on all three counts: Two potential dangers against which we must guard
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 21 April 2021
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Almost eleven months after George Floyd's death, a jury of his peers found Derek Chauvin guilty of second- and third-degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter. In The Daily Article for April 21, 2021, Ryan Denison looks at the culture’s varied reactions to this outcome, then asks Christians to consider two potential dangers they must guard themselves against and encourages them to choose the better path today.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit thedailyarticle.com. |
| 0:14.3 | Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:20.4 | Today's article is written by Ryan Denison and narrated by Chris Nictor. |
| 0:25.4 | Almost 11 months after George Floyd's death, a jury of his peers found Derek Chauvin |
| 0:30.7 | guilty of second and third degree murder, as well as second degree manslaughter. Sentencing |
| 0:36.3 | will occur in eight weeks, but his time in prison |
| 0:39.5 | has already begun. As one might expect, reactions to the result have varied. George Floyd's |
| 0:46.7 | brother, Filenese, described it as a day of celebration, while others, such as Reverend Jesse Jackson |
| 0:53.8 | stated that the result is a relief, |
| 0:57.5 | but the celebration is premature. Pointing to the decision as a potential turning point in |
| 1:03.3 | police accountability, Tulsi Gabbard tweeted, thankfully on the verdict of George Floyd's murder, |
| 1:09.9 | justice has prevailed. Moving forward, this must be the norm, not the verdict of George Floyd's murder, justice has prevailed. |
| 1:11.8 | Moving forward, this must be the norm, not the exception. |
| 1:15.8 | President Biden and Vice President Harris praised the decision before quickly pivoting to the work |
| 1:21.7 | left to be done, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison went a step further, stating |
| 1:27.4 | that the guilty verdict isn't justice, it's went a step further, stating that the guilty verdict |
| 1:28.6 | isn't justice, it's just a step towards it. Thoughts echoed by the state's governor, who added |
| 1:35.1 | that justice for George Floyd will come through real systemic change to prevent this from ever |
| 1:41.2 | happening again. On the other side of the spectrum, Tucker Carlson described |
| 1:46.1 | the trial's outcome as the jury's cry of, please don't hurt us. Candice Owens termed it the result |
| 1:53.6 | of mob justice, pointing to the statement by Representative Maxine Waters in which she urged |
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