Nation Feb 04 Minneapolis mayor halts no-knock warrants after police kill 22-year-old Amir Locke The Minneapolis mayor has imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed as a SWAT team carried out a search warrant in a downtown apartment.
Nation Feb 04 Parents of Amir Locke say he was ‘executed’ by Minneapolis police The parents of Amir Locke and their attorneys say the Black man was "executed" by a Minneapolis SWAT team that woke him from a deep sleep, and that he reached in confusion for a legal firearm to protect himself.
Nation Jan 28 Former Minneapolis police training commander says 3 officers at Floyd killing didn’t follow protocol On Thursday, Blackwell testified that it is critical to move someone who is being restrained from a prone position onto their side, otherwise “the concern is that they would die in custody.”…
Nation Jan 27 Dying George Floyd ‘needed help and wasn’t getting it’, testifies firefighter First it was a paramedic, testifying that the officers who restrained George Floyd didn't call in critical information as his ambulance rushed to the scene where Floyd would soon be pronounced dead.
Nation Jan 25 Video of George Floyd killing will show 3 cops violated his rights, prosecutors Witness testimony gets underway in earnest at the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers accused of failing to intervene as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd.
Nation Jan 24 Chauvin called ‘all of the shots’ when George Floyd killed, says defense for three cops standing trial Prosecutors in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights accused the men of standing by as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin "slowly killed George Floyd right in front of them."…
Nation Jan 24 Trial to begin for former police officers accused of violating Floyd’s rights The federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights as Derek Chauvin pinned the Black man’s neck to the street is set to begin Monday with opening statements.
Nation Jan 21 Jury in Floyd killing federal trial appears mostly white A jury of 18 people who appeared mostly white was picked Thursday for the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing.
Nation Jan 20 Jury selection underway in trial of 3 former police officers charged with George Floyd’s killing Jury selection is underway in the federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers who were with Derek Chauvin when he pinned George Floyd to the street.
Nation Dec 23 Kim Potter guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright death Jurors on Thursday convicted a suburban Minneapolis police officer of two manslaughter charges in the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist she shot during a traffic stop after she said she confused her gun for her Taser.