Ellise Shafer administratorDuring Stephen Colbert’s opening monologue for Tuesday night’s “Late Show,” the host delivered a statement reflecting on former police officer Derek Chauvin’s three-count conviction in the murder of George Floyd.“Just before the taping of our show today, the verdict was announced in the trial of Derek Chauvin.
He was found guilty on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd,” Colbert began. “After 10 hours of deliberation, a jury in Minneapolis decided that it is illegal for police to murder people.
That Black lives matter.”Though Colbert praised the verdict for holding Chauvin accountable, he maintained that the fact of Floyd’s death means that true justice cannot be served.
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