"A sobering moment for our community," is how the Archbishop of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Bernard Hebda described the situation in the wake of the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer now convicted on all counts as a result of his role in the death of George Floyd last spring.
"The decision by a jury of peers punctuates the grief that has gripped the Twin Cities in these last months," Archbishop Hebda said in a statement released shortly after the verdict was announced on Tuesday evening, "and underscores the soul-searching that has taken place in homes, parishes, and workplaces across the country as we together confront the chasm that exists between the brokenness of our world and the harmony and fraternity that our Creator intends for all his children."
