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Derek Chauvin Trial, Day 5: Senior Minneapolis Officer Testifies 'Putting Your Knee on the Neck for That Amount of Time Is Just Uncalled For'
The first week of witness testimony in the Derek Chauvin trial ended with a veteran lieutenant of the Minneapolis Police Department stating the obvious: that putting a knee on someone’s neck “could kill them” and Chauvin’s restraint of George Floyd in that manner was “totally unnecessary.” Though obvious, the testimony of the most senior member…
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George Floyd’s Girlfriend Gives Emotional Testimony, Painting a Heartbreaking, Complicated Picture of the Man During Day 4 of Trial
As the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd, continued into its fourth day the focus was largely on what first responders witnessed when they arrived at the scene. According to the New York Times, the trial began with what was the most affecting testimony of the day…
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'He's a Sizable Guy': Jurors See Footage of Derek Chauvin Justifying His Actions to a Horrified Witness on Day 3 of Trial
Day three of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial has come and gone, and one thing has been made abundantly clear: Virtually everyone who was on the scene when George Floyd died was horrified by what had happened—except the police officers. I thought it was strange that on day one of the trial, Chauvin’s…
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As Chauvin Trial Again Puts Our Faith in the Justice System to the Test, Witnesses Emerge as Hopeful, Heart-Wrenching Reminders of Humanity
I have a confession to make: I have not seen the infamous video of George Floyd’s last moments of life under the ruthless knee of then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. I confess I am sensitive. I confess I am Black. I confess I am tired of witnessing the trauma of my kin killed in the…
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9 Minutes and 29 Seconds: Prosecutor’s Opening Statement in Chauvin Trial Reveals Real Time Ex-Cop’s Knee Was on George Floyd’s Neck
In opening statements in the trial of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, prosecutors took pains to explain the full horror of the officer’s subjugation of the Black man last summer by placing his knee on his neck. “The most important numbers you will hear in this trial are nine…
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Court Denies Request by Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Case to Move Trial Outside of Louisville
Let’s start by remembering that no one has been criminally charged for the horrific killing of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, a promising and ambitious young woman who police gunned down in her home in Louisville, Ky., in the middle of the night last spring. Of the three officers who entered Taylor’s apartment on that fatefully tragic…
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Livestream: Watch Opening Arguments in the Derek Chauvin Trial
Opening statements in Derek Chauvin’s trial for the death of George Floyd are set to take place Monday morning in Hennepin County, Minn., marking a pivotal development in the case that launched national racial justice protests and a renewed uprising against police brutality in 2020. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was fired from his…