Call for action: The guilty verdicts in Derek Chauvin’s trial were just the beginning
Verdicts serve “as a reminder of how much further we have to travel,” says president Joseph E. Aoun. “We can’t be mere spectators,” when it comes to confronting racial injustice, says Margaret Burnham, university distinguished professor of law at Northeastern. She and Richard O’Bryant, director of the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute, urge people to stay engaged in the fight for justice and police accountability.