>> ONE WEEK FROM TODAY DEREK
CHAUVIN, THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
OFFICER CONVICTED OF MURDERING
GEORGE FLOYD WILL RECEIVE HIS
PRISON SENTENCE FOR THE CRIME
THAT SET OFF A WORLDWIDE SOCIAL
JUSTICE MOVEMENT.
"HERE AND NOW" SPECIAL PROJECT
JOURNALIST TOOK HIS CAMERA TO
DIFFERENT PARTS OF WISCONSIN TO
LISTEN WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
BRACING FOR THE UPCOMING
SENTENCING.
>> THE URBAN LEAGUE IS ONE OF
THE OLDEST CIVIL RIGHT
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NATION.
BEEN AROUND SINCE 1910 HERE IN
MADISON WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE
1968.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WRONGED IN OUR
COMMUNITY, WE FIGHT FOR OUR
CITIZENS WHEN INJUSTICE HAPPENS
IN ONE PLACE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW
THAT THERE IS THE PROBABILITY
THAT IT CAN HAPPEN ACROSS THE
LAND.
SO WE'RE WATCHING CLOSELY WHAT
IS HAPPENING WITH THE
SENTENCING.
>> MUCH OF THE ANXIETY, I
BELIEVE, THAT WE FELT IN OUR
COMMUNITY WAS AROUND IF HE
WOULD BE CHARGED AT ALL OR
CONVICTED AT ALL.
WE KNOW WE CAN'T ALWAYS STOP
ALL THESE SITUATION FROM
HAPPENING BUT WE DO KNOW THAT
ACTUAL LAW CHANGES ACTUALLY DO
MAKE A SHIFT.
>> I'M HERE WITH MY GRANDSON.
I DON'T WANT THE SAME TYPE OF
THINGS TO KEEP GOING ON THAT
HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND
YEARS AND YEARS.
I WANTED TO DOCUMENT THIS
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW,
THEY CAN'T GRASP IT RIGHT NOW
BUT IN THE FUTURE THEY WILL.
STOP BITING ME.
>> WE DON'T ALWAYS GET JUSTICE.
WE'VE GONE SO MANY YEARS NOW
WHERE IT JUST FEELS LIKE
SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ONE OF OUR
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, POLICE
BRUTALITY AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN
-- IT SEEMS WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR IT.
WE NEED TO KEEP GOING.
THIS ISN'T THE FINISH LINE.
THIS ONE CASE ISN'T THE END OF
IT.
>> I KNOW THERE IS GOOD AND BAD
IN EVERYTHING.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE ENDURED AND
SEEN ENOUGH THAT WE'RE VERY
HESITANT TO TRUST.
I HAVE HAD ENCOUNTERS WITH GOOD
POLICE.
I ALSO KNOW LIVING IN THIS
COMMUNITY THAT IF I NEED THE
POLICE, I HAVE A FEAR OF WHICH
ONES ARE SHOWING UP.
YOU KNOW?
YOU JUST HOPE IT'S THE RIGHT
ONE.
THE ONE THAT IS THERE TO TRULY
PROTECT AND SERVE NO MATTER
WHAT COLOR YOU ARE, NO MATTER
YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.
>> VERDICT HAS ALREADY BEEN
HANDED IN AND HE HAS BEEN FOUND
GUILTY.
>> PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THAT A
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WILL
BE GIVEN A BREAK.
>> ALWAYS A FEELING OF YEAH,
BUT.
>> YOU HAVE TO FEEL FOR PEOPLE
THAT ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE
SYSTEM.
>> SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST WE
KEPT PUTTING OUR TRUST IN THE
SYSTEM THAT ESSENTIALLY WAS
RIGGED AGAINST US.
IT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE CHANCE
FOR TRUE JUSTICE TO BE SHOWN IN
CHARGING, IN SENTENCING.
IN HOLDING OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE.
>> WHAT WE GOT ON APRIL 20th
WAS THE CORRECT THING TO BE
GUILTY ON ALL THREE COUNTS.
A JUST SENTENCE WOULD BE
MAXIMUM SENTENCE THEY COULD
GIVE.
>> HE WAS BLATANT AND
IRRESPONSIBLE.
>> I THINK THE SENTENCING
SHOULD BE A HARSHER SENTENCE
SIMPLY BECAUSE HE IS A FIGURE
OF AUTHORITY, A MAN GIVEN POWER
NOT TO ABUSE IT.
>> IF THE SENTENCING IS
DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE WHO
HAS COMMITTED THOSE SAME CRIMES
THAT'S INJUSTICE.
>> THERE IS A LIFE THAT'S TAKEN
THAT I FEEL WASN'T NECESSARY.
>> HE LITERALLY MURDERED A
HUMAN BEING.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN
SET A PRECEDENT IF THIS CAN'T
BE HAPPENING.
>> HE SHOULD BE SENTENCED TO
THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW.
TO NOT JUST SEND A MESSAGE, BUT
TO GIVE ASSURANCE TO THE BLACK
COMMUNITY, TO ALL THE
COMMUNITY, TO EVERYONE, THAT
THIS TYPE OF STUFF CANNOT
CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AND GO ON.
>> IT COULD BE ONE OF THOSE
MOMENTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
MIGHT BE TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED,
YOU KNOW, IF THE SENTENCE IS
LIGHT.
>> WE NEED TO SET THE STAGE FOR
WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT'S
NOT ACCEPTABLE AND I THINK IT
WILL DEFER PEOPLE FROM DOING
SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN.
>> WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH
THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE I'M HERE
WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND I
DON'T WANT THEM TO BE A VICTIM
AND THEY SHOULD NEVER BE A
VICTIM OF POLICE.
>> I'M RAISING THREE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOYS AND IT
HITS HOME QUITE NATURALLY WITH
ME THAT YEAH, IF THEY GO OUT
AND MAKE A MISTAKE, I WANT THEM
TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN THE
COURT OF LAW, NOT HELD
ACCOUNTABLE IN THE STREETS.
>> IT WILL CONVEY THAT THIS
CAN'T KEEP HAPPENING ANYMORE.
AND THAT GEORGE FLOYD'S LIFE
MATTERED.
>> JUST WHEN WE THINK WE'VE GOT
JUSTICE AND WE START TO HEAL,
WE GET SET BACK AND THEN WE'RE
BACK WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.
I'M NOT TRUSTING THE SYSTEM AND
I'M FEELING LIKE JUSTICE HASN'T
BEEN SERVED.
>> IT IS NOT GOING TO BE
SOMETHING THAT WE ARE JUST OPEN
ARMS TO TRUST OVERNIGHT BUT I
THINK THE MORE THAT PEOPLE DO
THE RIGHT THINGS, RIGHT, BY
PEOPLE I MEAN OUR LEADERS, DO
THE RIGHT THING, THAT WILL GROW.
>> THE COUNTRY IS AT A VERY
DELICATE PLACE.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN BECAUSE --
>> MINNESOTA IS NOT VERY FAR
AWAY.
>> WE'RE NEIGHBORS TO MINNESOTA
AND THESE TYPE OF THINGS HAVE
HAPPENED IN WISCONSIN.
>> THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN
ACROSS THE NATION HAVE LOCAL
IMPACTS.
>> TO ME I FELT LIKE I NEEDED
TO HUG MY CHILDREN TIGHTER.
I NEEDED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS
THAT I DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT
TO HAVE.
>> I DO HAVE SYMPATHY.
HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER AND
PUBLIC SERVICE BUT HE JUST WENT
WRONG ON THIS DAY.
>> HE COMMITTED THE CRIMES AND
HE SHOULD SERVE THE TIME.
HE OBVIOUSLY MADE A MISTAKE IN
THIS SITUATION AND HE STILL HAS
TO PAY.
>> I DON'T THINK -- WE HAVE A
BLACK VICE PRESIDENT AND WE HAD
A BLACK PRESIDENT.
WE ARE STILL CONSIDERED WAY
DOWN THE TOTEM POLE AS A PEOPLE.
>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS
STUFF DOESN'T KEEP HAPPENING IN
OUR LITTLE KIDS SO THEY DON'T
HAVE TO GROW UP FEARING POLICE.
>> WE'LL KNOW WHEN THERE IS A
LOT MORE LEADERS, PEOPLE THAT
ARE IN SERVICE POSITIONS THAT
LOOK LIKE US.
>> WE'RE ALREADY OVER A BIG
HURDLE.
>> I FEEL HOPEFUL IT IS GOING
TO BE JUSTICE SERVED.
>> WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
WE JUST HOPE AGAIN THAT JUSTICE
CONTINUES TO BE RENDERED AS WE
WAIT FOR THE SENTENCING.
>> I KNOW THERE IS A TIME OF
BEING WOKE AND I DO FEEL LIKE
THERE HAS BEEN AN AWAKENING
WHERE PEOPLE ARE SITTING UP AND
TAKING NOTICE AND I FEEL LIKE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, ASIANS,
LGBTQ, SOME ALLIANCES THAT ARE
BEING FORMED AND WE HAVE ALLIES
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> JUST PRAY THAT EVERYTHING