VERDICT. WHEN WE WERE WAITING FOR THAT VERDICT, IT WAS JUST UNEASINESS. IT WAS A VERDICT WATCHED BY THE WORLD AN ATTORNEY MADELEINE SIMMONS WATCHED IT WITH HER CLIENTS THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD. WE WERE PRAYING WE WERE EMOTIONAL AND WHEN IT WAS READ AS YOU SAW IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT A MINNEAPOLIS JURY FOUND FORMER POLICE OFFICER, DEREK CHAUVIN GUILTY OF MURDERING FLOYD DURING AN ARREST LAST SUMMER, BUT SIMMONS WHO GRADUATED FROM OU AND IS NOW A PARTNER AT AN ATLANTA LAW FIRM SAYS SHE HAD TO PREPARE THE LLOYD FAMILY FOR A VERY DIFFERENT VERDICT WHEN YOU DO THIS KIND OF WORK CIVIL RIGHTS WORK YOU SEE INEQUITY. YOU SEE UNFAIRNESS YOU SEE RACISM SO WE WEREN’T SO NAIVE TO THINK THAT THOSE THINGS WOULD DISAPPEAR IN THE JURY ROOM, BUT THANKFULLY THEY DID. HE HOW YOU DO? YES NOW THERE’S SOME JUSTICE RIGHT THIS PHONE CALL FROM PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO THE FLOYD FAMILY FILMED BY SIMMONS ON HER CELL PHONE. I THINK JOHN IS COMING. DAD IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD. HE’S GOING TO START TO CHANGE IT. NOW. THIS WAS HISTORIC BECAUSE A POLICE OFFICER HAD NOT BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE LIKE THIS BEFORE WITH THESE KINDS OF CHARGES. SIMMONS HOPES THE FLOYD MURDERS SPARKS POLICE REFORMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SOMETHING HER LEGAL TEAM WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE IN MINNEAPOLIS AS PART OF A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT WITH THE CITY. I THINK MOST OF US GET INTO LAW BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DO GOOD IN EFFECT CHANGE. SO WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE THAT HAPPEN AND CAN BE PART OF IT. IT’S VERY REWARDING. DEREK SHELVIN WILL BE SENTENCED BY THE JUDGE IN TWO MONTHS IN THE MEANTIME. PRESIDENT. BIDEN IS PUSHING CONGRESS TO PASS A SWEEPING REFORM.
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‘We had been emotional’: OU graduate on entrance strains of historical past in battle for justice for George Floyd’s household
Up to date: 7:45 AM CDT Apr 22, 2023
When George Floyd’s household pushed for police reform in Minneapolis, a College of Oklahoma graduate was there.Lawyer Madeleine Simmons was additionally there with Floyd’s household when former police officer Derek Chauvin was discovered responsible of his dying.“Once we had been ready for that verdict, it was simply uneasiness,” Simmons mentioned.It was a verdict watched all over the world.“We had been praying. We had been emotional,” Simmons mentioned. “And when it was learn, as you noticed, it was an unbelievable second.”A Minneapolis jury discovered Chauvin responsible of murdering Floyd final summer season. However Simmons, who graduated from OU and now’s a associate at an Atlanta regulation agency, mentioned she needed to put together the Floyd household for a really completely different verdict.“Whenever you do this sort of work, civil rights work, you see inequity. You see unfairness. You see racism,” Simmons mentioned. “So, we weren’t so naïve to suppose these issues would disappear within the jury room. However, fortunately, they did.”The decision following the studying of the decision between President Joe Biden and Floyd’s household was recorded by Simmons on her cellphone.Simmons hopes the Floyd homicide sparks police reform throughout the nation, one thing her authorized crew achieved in Minneapolis as a part of a multi-million greenback settlement with the town.“I believe most of us get into regulation as a result of we wish to do good and have an effect on change,” Simmons mentioned. “So, whenever you see that occur and you’ll be part of it, it’s very rewarding.”
When George Floyd’s household pushed for police reform in Minneapolis, a College of Oklahoma graduate was there.
Lawyer Madeleine Simmons was additionally there with Floyd’s household when former police officer Derek Chauvin was discovered responsible of his dying.
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“Once we had been ready for that verdict, it was simply uneasiness,” Simmons mentioned.
It was a verdict watched all over the world.
“We had been praying. We had been emotional,” Simmons mentioned. “And when it was learn, as you noticed, it was an unbelievable second.”
A Minneapolis jury discovered Chauvin responsible of murdering Floyd final summer season. However Simmons, who graduated from OU and now’s a associate at an Atlanta regulation agency, mentioned she needed to put together the Floyd household for a really completely different verdict.
“Whenever you do this sort of work, civil rights work, you see inequity. You see unfairness. You see racism,” Simmons mentioned. “So, we weren’t so naïve to suppose these issues would disappear within the jury room. However, fortunately, they did.”
The decision following the studying of the decision between President Joe Biden and Floyd’s household was recorded by Simmons on her cellphone.
Simmons hopes the Floyd homicide sparks police reform throughout the nation, one thing her authorized crew achieved in Minneapolis as a part of a multi-million greenback settlement with the town.
“I believe most of us get into regulation as a result of we wish to do good and have an effect on change,” Simmons mentioned. “So, whenever you see that occur and you’ll be part of it, it’s very rewarding.”
