Death of George Floyd
Ex-officer’s trial in Floyd’s death shows courtroom tactics
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The murder trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death has introduced viewers from around the world to a vast array of defense and prosecution tactics aimed at swaying the jury. Some strategies and terms that have become part of Derek Chauvin’s trial are rare outside criminal courtrooms. …
Bail set for Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis murder case
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin poses for an undated booking photograph taken after he was transferred from a county jail to a Minnesota Department of Corrections state facility. Minnesota Department of Corrections | Reuters Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd during an arrest, had his bail set at …
George Floyd protest in Washington DC New York Los Angeles nationwide today
Derrick Sanderlin, a community activist who for years has trained police in San Jose, California, about anti-bias, was hit in the groin by a rubber bullet last week during a George Floyd protest, according to ABC 7 News. Sanderlin underwent emergency surgery for a rupture, and before he did, doctors told him he may no …
George Floyd protests continue, pressure mounts on police and President Donald Trump
Rahul Dubey, the man who sheltered over 70 protesters in his Washington D.C. home Monday night told CBSN on Friday that his actions were purely “instinctual.” Others have called them heroic. “It was unfathomable,” Dubey said of the police violence used against peaceful protesters right outside his front door. He called what he saw a …
As George Floyd is honored, pressure mounts on police and President Trump
8m ago Breonna Taylor’s neighbor sues police, says officers sprayed gunfire with “total disregard” for life A neighbor of Breonna Taylor, the black woman shot to death in her apartment by police in March, has sued the police involved in the operation for firing “blindly” and sending rounds flying into her home, the Louisville …
George Floyd family calls for first-degree murder charges against cop
Booking photo of former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin Photo provided by Ramsey County Jail Lawyers for George Floyd’s family on Monday called for a first-degree murder charge to be filed against ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, who already faces lesser murder and manslaughter charges, after an independent autopsy commissioned by the family found that Floyd died …