Acting Boston mayor Kim Janey commended Tuesday’s verdict that found fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder in the killing of George Floyd last May, when he pinned the Black man’s neck to the ground with his knee for over nine minutes.
Janey, Boston’s first Black mayor, emphasized at a press conference that the fight for racial justice in Boston and beyond is far from over.
“I know the importance of the African proverb, ‘When you pray, move your feet,’” she said. “And our work here in the city of Boston must continue.”
Chauvin was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder,
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