A Washington-based group that was formed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder reacts to this week’s conviction of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin on charges of second and third degree murder, and second degree manslaughter.

Local resident and member of Washington for Justice Ike Glinsmann says he felt a bit surprised when the verdict was read Tuesday finding Chauvin guilty on all three counts, “There appears to be this expectation within a lot of folks in the community of surprise that this is the verdict. I think there were a lot of people who just expect officers who kill someone in the line of duty to not ever be held accountable for that, justified or not.”

Glinsmann compares this case to that of Rodney King, a Black man who was brutally beaten in 1991 by four Los Angeles police officers that were later acquitted. Glinsmann says Chauvin’s verdict is no ending point in the work of antiracism that is Washington for Justice’s mission, “The takeaway that I have is this verdict is one teaspoon in an ocean of injustice that we’re trying to address and this verdict isn’t justice. Justice would be George Floyd being able to be with this family, justice would be George Floyd not being killed in the first place. However, I do think this is accountability and the conversation that came out of this has changed how we engage with these dialogues about race and about the challenges that people of color experience every day.”

Glinsmann points out this week an insurance carrier for the City of Cedar Rapids agreed to pay an $8 million settlement to Jerime Mitchell, a Black motorist who was shot and paralyzed by a white police officer in 2016, a day before it was set to go to trial. The settlement is subject to approval by the city council, which is set to meet next week.