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Portland police declare riot as marchers break windows on anniversary of George Floyd’s murder
Portland police on Tuesday declared a riot amid a destructive downtown demonstration held on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. About 200 people gathered Tuesday night outside the Multnomah County Justice Center. Some in the crowd lit fireworks and a dumpster fire, tagged the Justice Center with graffiti and broke windows at nearby Portland …
BREAKING: Derek Chauvin Guilty On All 3 Counts In George Floyd’s Death – WCCO
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Following nearly a year of protest, introspection and raw emotion, former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, who last May held a knee down on George Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes, has been found guilty of second-degree murder and two other charges in Floyd’s death. Chauvin has been remanded to the custody …
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. …
Derek Chauvin is on trial for George Floyd’s death. America’s criminal justice system is not
But over the next four weeks, the debate in Chauvin’s trial inside a Hennepin County, Minnesota, courthouse will shift toward legal specifics. How exactly did Floyd die, medically speaking? How aware was Chauvin that Floyd could die? What does “culpable negligence” actually mean? As opening statements in the trial begin Monday, the gulf between the …
Derek Chauvin: Judge drops third-degree murder charge against former officer in George Floyd’s death, but second-degree murder charge remains
Chauvin still faces charges of second-degree unintentional murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death on May 25, which sparked nationwide protests and a reckoning over race and policing this summer. Chauvin, who was released on $1 million bond earlier this month, was seen in videos of the incident kneeling on Floyd’s neck for almost eight …
One of four Minneapolis police charged over Floyd’s death posts bail
(Reuters) – One of the four former white Minneapolis police officers who were charged over the death of George Floyd, 46, a black man whose death in custody set off protests for police reform and racial justice, was released on bail on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Former Minnesota police officer Thomas Lane poses in a combination …
$1 Million bail for former officer charged in Floyd’s death
By STEVE KARNOWSKIAssociated PressMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has set $1 million bail for a Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in George Floyd’s death. Derek Chauvin said almost nothing during an 11-minute hearing Monday in which he appeared on closed-circuit television from the state’s maximum security prison in Oak Park Heights. His attorney, …
Obama urges young black people to ‘feel hopeful even as you may feel angry’ after George Floyd’s death
In a hopeful speech, Obama said that the significant events over the last months, including the protests over the killing of Floyd and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, represent “the kinds of epic changes … in our country that are as profound as anything I have seen in my lifetime.” Obama cheered the protesters throughout the …
How Joe Biden’s VP contenders stack up in the wake of George Floyd’s death
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden wears a protective face mask as he arrives to visit the Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Bourg Jim Bourg | Reuters Joe Biden’s options for his running mate may have narrowed even further in the wake of mass protests …
Minneapolis police chief says all four officers involved in George Floyd’s death bear responsibility
“Mr. Floyd died in our hands and so I see that as being complicit,” Chief Medaria Arradondo told CNN’s Sara Sidner. “Silence and inaction, you’re complicit. If there was one solitary voice that would have intervened … that’s what I would have hoped for.” Arradondo’s response Sunday came after Floyd’s brother asked the chief if …
