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Your weekend long reads 🗞️

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Good morning, friends of The Short List. It's John, bringing you the weekend's long reads.

This week saw the conclusion of testimony in the dramatic, three-week trial of Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, a Black man, on May 25, 2020. Closing arguments are set for Monday after Chauvin told the court he would not testify in his own defense.

This week's long reads examine ways in which the trial – and the death of George Floyd – continue to be felt around the nation.

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There are more long reads below. We'll see you next week.

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