Bill and Hillary Clinton Call the Conviction of Chauvin the ‘Right Decision’
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are weighing in following the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday on all three…
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are weighing in following the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday on all three charges against him in the death of George Floyd in May 2020.
Calling the conviction the “right decision,” Bill Clinton wrote in a statement, “His tragic death and the evidence at the trial, made painfully clear that we must do much better in recruiting, training, and holding Law Enforcement accountable to the communities they serve. The failure to do so continues to plague America, as we have seen in recent days.”
The former president added that “the color of a person’s skin still determines far too often how they will be treated in nearly every aspect of American life.”
“While the verdict won’t bring George Floyd