Protesters hold placards during the Black Lives Matter protest rally in Brussels, Sunday, June 7, 2020. The demonstration was held in response to the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers

Chauvin Found Guilty on All Counts; The Historical Context of the Chauvin Guilty Verdict; The Plight of Climate Refugees

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 21, 2021

Coming up on today's show:

Jami Floyd, senior editor for race and justice at WNYC, offers legal analysis of the guilty verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed George Floyd last year.
Jamil Smith, senior correspondent for Vox, reacts to the guilty verdict of Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin, and talks about how it fits into the movement for racial justice.
Jonathan Holloway, president of Rutgers University and the author of The Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans (Oxford University Press, 2021), puts the guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin in historical context, plus talks about the news that Rutgers will require COVID-19 vaccinations for students returning to campus in the fall.
Climate change is changing migration patterns and forcing people to move for survival. Abrahm Lustgarten, senior reporter investigating climate and our response to a rapidly changing environment at ProPublica, talks about how this should inform policy here in the United States, and how it affects the politics of immigration.

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