Former Cop Derek Chauvin, Shown Killing George Floyd On Tape, Is Found Guilty
Former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty Tuesday for the murder of George Floyd, a killing that was caught on tape and ignited worldwide protests and a nationwide reckoning on American racism last summer. Rahsaan Hall, the director of the Racial Justice Program of ACLU Massachusetts, and Andrea Cabral, the former sheriff of Suffolk County and the former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety joined Jim Braude.
Was The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause A Deadly Idea?
In a recent Washington Post op-ed, assistant law professor Govind Persad argues that the pause on the use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine over six cases of rare, but serious, blood clotting in the United States, caused more harm than good. He joined Jim Braude to discuss.
Boston’s History Of Born-And-Bred Mayors
It’s already a year of firsts in Boston politics, with acting mayor Kim Janey being the first woman and the first black Bostonian to lead the city. But lately, another bit of history has been coming to the fore: the city’s longstanding refusal to elect a mayor who was not born and raised in Boston. Adam Reilly reports.
