IN THEIR WORDS: Midwest law enforcement leaders react to Derek Chauvin trial (Omaha World-Herald)

The police officers and sheriffs interviewed in the article from several states all viewed the trial neutrally and the verdict just (except one who said all involved were inexperienced and there should have been a supervisor on the scene).

Several also note that policing tactics need to change.

Of the Nebraska officers they cited, the closest to me is Scott’s Bluff County Sheriff Mark Overman:

“I have no problem with the verdict whatsoever. From the get go, you don’t know everything or hear everything that happened. I can tell you from the moment I saw that video, it made me sick.

“We have something in this country called due process … The officer had due process. I did not watch the trial, bit by bit, but I saw the trial highlights and who the witnesses were and what they had to say. I thought the jury would find him guilty. … I thought the jury had ample evidence to do so and I don’t have any problem that they did so.”