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Lane's attorney, Earl Gray, said Lane was at Floyd's legs and could not see Chauvin's knee on Floyd's neck. Lane at one point suggested that they use a restraint called the hobble on Floyd, which would have meant Floyd would have been on his side "and ...
... evidence against them, not the evidence against all the officers. "Mr. Lane from the beginning of the time that he came into contact with George Floyd until the time he walked out of that ambulance, he was totally concerned and did everything he could possibly do to help George Floyd ...
... the truth. And I think there should be an acknowledgment that this case was the springboard for the racial reckoning, as people called it, after George Floyd's death. Race is always a factor, and it's absolutely going to play a role in the minds of these jurors as ...
... more than two weeks picking a panel. Floyd, 46, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin pinned him to the ground with his knee on Floyd's neck for 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was facedown, handcuffed and gasping for air. Kueng knelt on Floyd's back and Lane ...
... Tulsa last year in which the driver of a pickup truck drove through a crowd gathered on an interstate as part of a protest against Floyd's killing. In Ohio, people attending a rally who are accused of violating an anti-riot law could be targeted with a provision normally ...
... board told Abbott that it had identified "unexplained departures" from its process of issuing pardons and needed to reconsider some recommendations, including the one for Floyd. "As a result of the Board's withdrawal of the recommendation concerning George Floyd, Governor Abbott did not have the opportunity to consider it ...
... Floyd has raised questions by Mathis and others over whether political calculations are at play. His office has not responded to those charges. Abbott attended Floyd's memorial service last year in Houston, where he met with the family and floated the idea of a "George Floyd Act" that would ...
... day for justice.” Nine people came to support Chauvin, including family members. He waved and smiled at them as he entered and left the courtroom. George Floyd's nephew, Brandon Williams, afterward called Chauvin a “monster” who should have been arrested in 2017. “Had he been held accountable for what ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced Monday that he won't accept a third term as chief, a blow to a department that has been reeling since four officers were charged in George Floyd's death. Arradondo, 54, said he would retire in January after 32 years at ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Voters in Minneapolis were deciding Tuesday whether to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety, more than a year after George Floyd’s death under the knee of a white police officer launched a movement to defund or abolish police across the ...
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