How the ‘Thin Blue Line’ flag continues to sanction police violence

As the world processes the Chauvin trial, Talia Lavin reflects on a year of police brutality. [View in browser]( [Image]( April 22, 2021 [A blacck and white photo of a police officer holding an american flag with a thin blue line]( As the world processes the Chauvin trial, Talia Lavin reflects on a year of police brutality. "In a protest against police violence," Lavin writes, "police are counterprotesters, and it is first and foremost the police who riot, engaging in orgies of violence against their perceived enemies." While people talk hopefully of new police reform possibilities, Lavin explores the history and symbolism of the "Thin Blue Line" flag that was flown above the Brooklyn Center police station in after residents protested the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, about 10 miles from where Chauvin sat in trial; and where police violence in the city reportedly intensified after George Floyd's murder. As Lavin points out, our work to reform and demilitarize law enforcement around the country has just begun. Read Talia Lavin's [full analysis here](, and don't forget to check out the rest of today's [MSNBC Daily](. UNDERSTANDING THE NEWS [Alternate text] Top perspectives and analysis from our MSNBC columnists [Alternate text] [A a black and white photo tinted red at the bottom of Derek Chauvin in court]( [Katie S. Phang]( [Chauvin was escorted out in handcuffs, and now America's cops are on notice]( When a jury refused to protect Chauvin, it sent a clear message: America is watching the police. [Alternate text] [A photo of a gathering of George Floyd supporters at a protest holding a large poster of George Floyd]( [Joyce Vance]( [The Senate has a chance to make sure Chauvin's verdict isn't an anomaly. Here's how.]( Policing must be transformed, or these killings won't stop. [Alternate text] [Scott McTominay of Manchester United during a Premier League match in Manchester, U.K]( [Dave Zirin]( [Soccer's 'Super League' fail nearly destroyed the sport]( The Super League was quashed by a combination of soccer fans' mass resistance and mass revulsion. WATCH NOW [Alternate text] [Katy Tur]( [Distrust in policing on full display after Columbus, OH officer fatally shoots teenage girl]( [A photo of a woman speaking into a megaphone at a protest for Black lives]( [Deadline White House]( [Rep. Maloney: The GOP won't take a stand against Marjorie Taylor Greene. Here's why.]( [A photo of Marjorie Taylor Greene]( [The ReidOut]( [The courtroom moment the Floyd family lawyer thought sealed Chauvin's fate]( [A photo of Philonise Floyd and Floyd family lawyer Ben Crump]( [All In]( [Steve Kornacki breaks down how the U.S. vaccination rate compares to the rest of the world]( [A photo of Steve Kornacki next to a chart with Covid vaccine rates]( LISTEN NOW [Alternate text] [Into America](A Verdict Trymaine Lee catches up with Shaquille Brewster, correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, who covered the trial and conviction of Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis. They discuss the reforms activists hope to see next, and what it’s been like covering this case as Black journalists. Trymaine also sits down with Tiffany Crutcher, whose brother Terence Crutcher was shot and killed by police in 2016. They talk about how the families of people who have been killed by police are working together to push for greater accountability and a system that brings us closer to justice. MORE ON MSNBC [Alternate text] planyourvaccine.com Tell us what you think. [Drop us an e-mail.](mailto:msnbc.digital.editors@nbcuni.com?subject=MSNBC Daily) Were you forwarded this email from a friend? [Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily here](. Follow MSNBC [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( Check out the MSNBC channel on Apple News Download the NBC News Mobile App and watch MSNBC [Listen live to MSNBC on TuneIn]( [Image] [Image] [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)