• Video of George Floyd killing will show 3 cops violated his rights, prosecutors

    Video of George Floyd killing will show 3 cops violated his rights, prosecutors

    Jan 25, 2022 04:38 PM EST

    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 ...

  • Chauvin called 'all of the shots' when George Floyd killed, says defense for three cops standing trial

    Chauvin called 'all of the shots' when George Floyd killed, says defense for three cops standing trial

    Jan 24, 2022 10:59 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • What role did the 3 other cops play in George Floyd's murder?

    What role did the 3 other cops play in George Floyd's murder?

    Jan 20, 2022 11:35 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Jury selection underway in trial of 3 former police officers charged with George Floyd's killing

    Jury selection underway in trial of 3 former police officers charged with George Floyd's killing

    Jan 20, 2022 06:26 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • States diverge on police reforms after George Floyd killing

    States diverge on police reforms after George Floyd killing

    Dec 30, 2021 05:41 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Texas board withdraws pardon recommendation for George Floyd

    Texas board withdraws pardon recommendation for George Floyd

    Dec 23, 2021 09:42 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Texas governor weighs George Floyd pardon

    Texas governor weighs George Floyd pardon

    Dec 21, 2021 08:40 PM EST

    ... 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 ...

  • Former police officer Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charges in George Floyd’s death

    Former police officer Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charges in George Floyd’s death

    Dec 15, 2021 03:06 PM EST

    ... 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 police chief, who oversaw George Floyd response, announces retirement

    Minneapolis police chief, who oversaw George Floyd response, announces retirement

    Dec 06, 2021 10:30 PM EST

    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 voters decide police department's future after George Floyd

    Minneapolis voters decide police department's future after George Floyd

    Nov 02, 2021 03:54 PM EST

    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 ...