Tag: Death of George Floyd
Floyd verdict won’t remove blocks to police accountability
The guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case felt like a watershed moment to many Americans. President Biden called the verdicts a “giant...
Chauvin sentencing in Floyd death pushed back to June 25
MINNEAPOLIS — Sentencing for former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's death has been pushed back to June 25, according to online...
Minnesota Legislature finally funds Chauvin trial security
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Legislature on Tuesday approved $7.8 million to help cover the extra security costs that the state racked up...
Analysis: A reckoning on racism? Not for many leaders of GOP
NEW YORK — If the nation is in the midst of a historic reckoning on racism, most leaders of the Republican Party are not...
Protests reveal generational divide in immigrant communities
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — When protests began in a Minneapolis suburb after a white police officer fatally shot a Black man, 21-year-old Fatumata Kromah...
Pardon request submitted for George Floyd in 2004 Texas case
HOUSTON — A posthumous pardon request was submitted on Monday to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest that...
For 3 ex-cops, will blaming Chauvin for Floyd’s death work?
MINNEAPOLIS — With Derek Chauvin convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death, activists and the Floyd family are turning their attention to this summer's...
Key moments in closing arguments of Chauvin trial
MINNEAPOLIS — After nearly three weeks of testimony including heart-wrenching bystander statements and technical medical information, attorneys in Derek Chauvin's murder trial presented...
1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours
Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the...
1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours
Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the...
