WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: April 23, 2021

Reaction to guilty verdicts in police killing of George Floyd, COVID update and Chicago high schools and City Council meet in-person again.

By Andrea Guthmann
The Chauvin Verdict, ‘Mother Grains,’ And The Incoming Cicada Rager
Angela Harrelson, right, aunt of George Floyd, talks to supporters at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
The Chauvin Verdict, ‘Mother Grains,’ And The Incoming Cicada Rager
Angela Harrelson, right, aunt of George Floyd, talks to supporters at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: April 23, 2021

Reaction to guilty verdicts in police killing of George Floyd, COVID update and Chicago high schools and City Council meet in-person again.

By Andrea Guthmann
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The federal government took swift action after guilty verdicts were announced in the police killing of George Floyd, with the Department of Justice announcing an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department. Here in Chicago, both the City Council and public high schools met in-person for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

Reset breaks down the week’s top stories in our Weekly News Recap with host Sasha-Ann Simons.

GUESTS: Kim Bellware, national and breaking news reporter at The Washington Post

Christian Farr, reporter at WMAQ, NBC 5 Chicago