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... of his murder conviction. Separately, Chauvin is making a longshot bid to overturn his federal guilty plea, claiming new evidence shows he didn’t cause Floyd’s death. Floyd, who was Black, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, pressed a knee on his neck for 9½ ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is making another attempt to overturn his federal civil rights conviction in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, saying new evidence shows that he didn't cause Floyd's death. In a motion filed in federal court Monday, Chauvin said he never ...
... South Korea. ... Amna Nawaz: In the day's other headlines: A judge in Minnesota sentenced the last former police officer convicted of state charges in George Floyd's death. Tou Thao was given 57 months for aiding and abetting in manslaughter. He held back bystanders as Floyd was pinned by ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The last former Minneapolis police officer to face sentencing in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd will learn Monday whether he will spend additional time in prison. WATCH: New Minneapolis police chief on changing the department after George Floyd’s murder Tou Thao ...
... health workers to some incidents. But it said there is still work to be done. WATCH: New Minneapolis police chief on changing the department after George Floyd’s murder As a result of the investigation, the city and the police department agreed to a deal known as a federal consent ...
George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police in Minneapolis three years ago led to a widespread push for police reform and racial justice. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro sat down with the new police chief in Minneapolis to talk about the challenges of the past few years and the department's future.
In our news wrap Tuesday, the final criminal case in the death of George Floyd ended with a former Minneapolis police officer convicted, law enforcement agencies across Texas spent a fourth day hunting for a gunman accused of killing five neighbors near Houston and the exodus from Sudan intensified with long lines at ports and...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia officials announced a $9.25 million settlement Monday with hundreds of people over several lawsuits challenging the police response to the protests and civil disorder in 2020 after George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police. Officials said the money will be distributed among 343 ...
As part of his plea agreement, Kueng admitted that he held Floyd’s torso, that he knew from his experience and training that restraining a handcuffed person in a prone position created a substantial risk, and that the restraint of Floyd was unreasonable under the circumstances. Matthew Frank, who led ...
Two years after states around the country passed an unprecedented number of police reforms after the killing of George Floyd, some are struggling to make the new policies stick.
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