The country watched with bated breath the entirety of last month’s trial and conviction of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, which provided a much-needed spotlight on the functioning of the criminal justice system in this country. Every agonizing aspect of a criminal trial was on full display for the world to watch. […]
Derek Chauvin
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Opinion: “There was another shooting last night.” What will it take not to hear those words?
“There was another shooting last night.” My husband greeted me with those words on a Friday morning, not for the first time. It has become a strange sort of love language we have developed, as if somehow first hearing the latest horrifying news from someone you love will lessen the blow. It is always followed […]
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What’d I Miss?: Considering the “one bad apple” argument
Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning | Next > More cartoons from The Colorado Sun
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Littwin: The truth is that Derek Chauvin was easy to convict. As for racial justice, the jury is still out.
The verdict is in: At least one Black life did matter. That George Floyd’s life had to be lost first — with a police officer’s knee, which might as well have been a boot, grinding into his neck — is no less a tragedy. But the verdict still holds. The question facing the country now […]
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What’d I Miss?: Death sentence without a trial
Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning | Next > More cartoons from The Colorado Sun