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Derek Chauvin, US police officer who killed George Floyd, stabbed in prison: Reports
Derek Chauvin, the US police officer whose murder of George Floyd sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was stabbed in prison on Friday, ... World News -
US finds Minneapolis police had pattern of using excessive force
The US Department of Justice released findings from its two-year investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department on Friday, concluding the ... World News -
Ex-Minneapolis police officer found guilty of aiding in George Floyd killing
Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao has been found guilty of aiding and abetting in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, a Black man who died ... World News -
US court to hear appeal of ex-officer in murder of George Floyd
An attorney for Derek Chauvin is planning to ask an appeals court Wednesday to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer's convictions in the ... World News -
George Floyd family members angered by ex-cop’s 2 1/2-year sentence
Family members of George Floyd say they’re angered at a federal judge’s sentence Thursday of 2 1/2 years for a former Minneapolis police officer ... World News -
Two years after George Floyd’s murder, Biden to sign executive order on police reform
Two years after African American George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer in a Minneapolis street, President Joe Biden will on Wednesday ... World News -
Ex-cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd’s death
A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of ... World News -
Trial to begin for officers accused of violating George Floyd’s civil rights
The federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights as Derek Chauvin pinned the Black ... World News -
Chauvin's colleagues stand trial for Floyd death as diversity of jury questioned
The US federal prosecution of three former Minneapolis police officers who took part in the deadly arrest of George Floyd began on Thursday in a trial ... World News -
Minneapolis votes against replacing police with ‘peace officers’ after Floyd killing
Voters in Minneapolis, where the murder of George Floyd last year sparked worldwide protests, on Tuesday rejected the idea of replacing the city’s ... World News -
Ex-cop convicted of George Floyd’s murder files appeal: Court
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis policeman convicted of murdering George Floyd, filed an appeal with a Minnesota district court Thursday night, ... World News -
After vandalism, NYC George Floyd statue cleaned, will move
A statue of George Floyd that was defaced in Brooklyn has been cleaned and is headed for Manhattan’s Union Square.For the latest headlines, follow our ... World News -
Pulitzer board honors teen who took video of George Floyd murder
The Pulitzer Prize Board awarded a “special citation” on Friday to the teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer sparked ... World News -
Two dead, several wounded in Minneapolis shooting
Two people were killed and several wounded in a shooting in the US city of Minneapolis late Friday, police said.For the latest headlines, follow our ... World News -
Video shows California man pinned by officers before he dies
Police in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Alameda have made public body cam footage showing officers pinning a man to the ground for more than five ... World News -
US ex-cop Derek Chauvin to be sentenced June 16 for George Floyd murder
Sacked US police officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on June 16 for the murder of African American George Floyd in a case that sparked nationwide ... World News -
US launches probe of Minneapolis police after Chauvin conviction in Floyd’s murder
US Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday launched a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis following a jury’s verdict ... World News -
Biden praying for ‘right verdict’ in Chauvin trial
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he is “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin ... World News -
Judge refuses request to acquit Chauvin in George Floyd’s death
The judge at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial Wednesday turned down a defense request to acquit the former officer in George Floyd’s death, rejecting ... World News -
Defense begins case in ex-cop Chauvin’s trial over George Floyd’s death
The defense began its case Tuesday at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin, seizing on a 2019 confrontation between police and George ... World News -
ER doctor theorized that lack of oxygen stopped George Floyd’s heart
The emergency room doctor who pronounced George Floyd dead after trying to resuscitate him testified Monday that he theorized at the time that Floyd’s ... World News -
A knee on a neck can kill, homicide lieutenant says at Chauvin murder trial
A Minneapolis homicide investigator who went to the crime scene after George Floyd’s deadly arrest at a city intersection testified on Friday against ... World News -
Prosecutors detail incident that led to George Floyd’s arrest
The convenience store cashier who sold cigarettes to George Floyd and was handed a counterfeit $20 bill in return took the stand Wednesday at Officer ... World News -
Police officer charged with George Floyd’s death ‘betrayed’ his badge: Prosecutor
The stomach-churning video of US police officer Derek Chauvin holding his knee to George Floyd’s neck until Floyd loses consciousness was shown the ... World News -
Jury set for ex-cop’s trial in Floyd death after over 100 dismissed; starts March 29
A jury has been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death, with opening statements set for March 29 in a ... World News -
George Floyd ex-cop trial ‘defining opportunity for justice,’ says UN rights chief
The trial of a US police officer facing murder charges for the death of George Floyd is a crucial and defining opportunity for justice, UN rights ... World News -
‘Grave concern’ over jury bias after $27m settlement for Floyd’s family, says defense
An attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death said Monday that he’s “gravely concerned” that the announcement ... World News -
George Floyd’s family agrees to $27 mln settlement amid ex-cop’s trial
The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police ... World News -
George Floyd police officer trial not a straightforward one, legal experts say
A Minneapolis police officer was swiftly fired and charged with murder after bystander video showed him pressing his knee into George Floyd’s neck, ... World News -
Derek Chauvin, officer with knee to George Floyd’s neck, to be tried alone
A former Minneapolis police officer who held his knee to the neck of George Floyd for several minutes will be tried separately from three other former ... World News