Feb 10 Police officers on trial for violating George Floyd’s rights should have intervened, says lieutenant By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press The head of the Minneapolis Police Department's homicide unit says three former officers on trial for violating George Floyd's civil rights should have intervened to stop fellow Officer Derek Chauvin when he had his knee on the Black man's neck. Continue reading
Feb 09 Toxicologist testifies that drugs and heart disease did not kill George Floyd By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press A toxicologist has testified that it wasn't drug use, heart disease, nor an agitated state known as "excited delirium" that caused George Floyd's death after he was pinned to the pavement by Minneapolis police. Continue reading
Feb 07 Lung expert testifies George Floyd died because his breathing was restricted By Steve Karnowski, Tammy Webber, Associated Press Dr. David Systrom testified Monday at the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating Floyd's rights. Continue reading
Jan 28 Former Minneapolis police training commander says 3 officers at Floyd killing didn’t follow protocol By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Tammy Webber, Associated Press 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.”… Continue reading
Jan 27 Dying George Floyd ‘needed help and wasn’t getting it’, testifies firefighter By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Tammy Webber, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 25 What to know about the 3 officers now on trial in George Floyd’s death By Hannah Grabenstein Unlike the criminal case that resulted in Derek Chauvin’s conviction for murder in a state court last year, the trial of the three officers – Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng – will be more complex and could… Continue reading
Jan 25 Video of George Floyd killing will show 3 cops violated his rights, prosecutors By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 5:18 News Wrap: Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to proxy voting in the House In our news wrap Monday, the United States Supreme Court rejected a Republican lawsuit against proxy voting in the House of Representatives, but agreed to hear challenges to affirmative action in college admissions for the first time since 2016. Federal… Continue watching
Jan 24 Chauvin called ‘all of the shots’ when George Floyd killed, says defense for three cops standing trial By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Associated Press 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."… Continue reading
Jan 24 Trial to begin for former police officers accused of violating Floyd’s rights By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Associated Press 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. Continue reading