Kewaunee County Sheriff Matt Joski hopes people have learned over the past year that no group should be painted with a wide brush stroke after the verdict of a former Minneapolis police officer earlier this week. The death of George Floyd last year started a protest movement across the entire country including events in Sister Bay, Sturgeon Bay, and Kewaunee. The guilty verdict of former police officer Derek Chauvin restarted conversations centered around topics like police accountability and race relations. Joski says the events of the past year show that people cannot hold preconceived biases because of the actions of a few individuals and they must also trust in the system.

He adds that all groups of people deserve the same level of respect and decency no matter the situation.

Joski is hopeful that the entire community can work together to make the justice system work for everybody.