A busy week here, with the biggest news being the three guilty verdicts handed down by the jury on former Minneapolis police officer, and murderer, Derek Chauvin. Finding some justice for George Floyd felt nice but the truth is we have a long way to go to really be able to say real change is happening in America. As we celebrated the Chauvin verdict, we also saw the funeral for Daunte Wright, the black man tragically killed after being pulled over in Brooklyn Center on a racially profiled police stop.
One step forward, and another step back...
The Friday Link this week is about a few more lesser stories which made this week shockingly busy. Let's start off with the Oscars, which air of Sunday. Delayed due to COVID, it's pretty competitive this year. Looking past the Oscar nominees, WatchMojo put together a great list of movies which were complete snubs from the Academy Awards. All of these movies were released with the intention of trying to get some nominations, but they all failed. I remember many of these films being marketed as slam dunk Oscar contenders. Not so much...
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